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    Music Folder for Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MNguyen, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. MNguyen

    MNguyen Notebook Geek

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    Hi, for the start menu (documents/pictures/music area), I pointed the Music Folder to a portable hard drive. When I plug in the hard drive now, the drive letter is different, but I can't change the path directory.

    Is there any way to repoint this?

    If I right-click music, it's just blank.
     
    MNguyen, Jan 28, 2008
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  2. wullger

    wullger Notebook Guru

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    "It's just blank" is one of the most generic things you could say :)

    Have you tried browsing to C:\Users\<Your user name> and right clicking on the music folder? From there, right click and choose Properties>Location tab. That should give you the options you want!
     
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  3. MNguyen

    MNguyen Notebook Geek

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    Ah, thanks for the advice! But there's no music folder there.

    What I mean by blank is that there is only the General Tab and no information there. Compare this to other folders and you'll see multiple tabs with information.
     
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  4. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Can you delete it? If you delete the music folder (or documents/videos/etc), Vista should automatically create a new one.
     
    crash, Jan 28, 2008
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  5. MNguyen

    MNguyen Notebook Geek

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    Let me show you what I mean:

    There is no music folder anymore according to Windows (see images)
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    I can't find another reference to the folder anywhere so I can repoint it to the correct directory. For the directory was D:\Music. Now it's F:\Music. Strangely, the icon used to designate that it was the Music folder is still placed there by Windows, so Windows knows yet doesn't know that it's the music folder.
     
    MNguyen, Jan 30, 2008
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  6. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    So, let me get this straight....you moved the music folder to an external drive(F: ), but now, there is a "blank" music folder still on D:?
     
    Matt is Pro, Jan 30, 2008
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  7. MNguyen

    MNguyen Notebook Geek

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    Sorry, let me clarify.

    1) In Vista I set the folder for Music to D:\Music, which is an external USB hardrive (I right clicked on the Start Menu "Music" shortcut and set the path)

    2) The next time I used the computer, however, Vista set the HD at F:, so the music folder is now F:\Music. If I right click on the "Music" shortcut, you see the completely blank properties screen show in the screenshot above.

    3) I now need to set that path for the Music Folder to F:\Music so it points correctly.
     
    MNguyen, Jan 30, 2008
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  8. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    swarmer, Jan 30, 2008
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  9. niGht kiD

    niGht kiD .. beach boy ♫

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    Type shell:My Music in your Start Search to restore your music folder?
     
    niGht kiD, Jan 31, 2008
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  10. mr.bobharris

    mr.bobharris Notebook Consultant

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    this is all you need to do.

    when you assign the drive a letter, use one from lower in the alphabet that will never be used by anything else i.e. virtual drives, other externals, ipods etc
     
    mr.bobharris, Jan 31, 2008
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  11. MNguyen

    MNguyen Notebook Geek

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    Actually, I originally used Disk Management to set the drive to always be D:, and the next time I reset it was at F.

    A Virtual Clone disc drive got moved to E, and I think in Disk Management, I can't configure it for some reason.

    haOkepa, I can't find shell: My Music in search.
     
    MNguyen, Feb 1, 2008
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