Can't straighten out my folders...their order is very messed up.

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I recently found that the folder "Desktop" was somehow located under "Searches". I attempted to move it so that it would be under my name (as I'm listed under "Users". Instead "Desktop" is now at the top of the folders file.

If you go to OS (C:) then "Users", then pick my name, on the left under "Folders" you will see:

Desktop

My Name

Public

Computer

Network

Control Panel

Recycle Bin

All Photos

Desktop Items (a folder I had created to put stray items in)

and two other folders I created for my desktop

I really see this as a mess and I don't know how to move, rename or fix that "Desktop" folder. I, of course, don't want to lose any of my work.

Thank you for any help.

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Anonymous

2013-08-18T03:31:30+00:00

Found out that Mcx1 is okay: This folder is a special folder that is being used by the Windows Media Center whenever you add an extender.
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T03:24:39+00:00

Yes, I am Ceil. I was concerned about the Mcx1 user but they are not listed under user accounts. I'm just there as administrator and the Guest account is off. I did a search but could not find Mcx1 but I've been unable to find things in search that I can find without search so somethings wrong there.

C:\Windows\system32>dir "c:\users\ceil" /ad /b /s|findstr /i "desktop" | findst

r /v /c:"Desktop\"

c:\users\ceil\Desktop

c:\users\ceil\AppData\Local\Google\Google Desktop

c:\users\ceil\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Google\Google Desktop Sea

rch

c:\users\ceil\Documents\Desktop items

c:\users\ceil\Searches\Desktop

dir "c:\users\ceil\desktop.ini /aC:\Windows\system32>dir "c:\users\ceil\desktop.ini /a Volume in drive C is OS Volume Serial Number is 2CD8-5946 Directory of c:\users\ceil\desktop.iniFile Not Found
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T03:04:08+00:00
You have two users. One called Ceil and one called Mcx1 (you should investigate this one). I presume you are the Ceil. (plus there is the all user account called Public - your logon is a combined your per user profile plus the all user profile, the disabled builtin Administrator account, and the Default account that new accounts are based on - in other locations there will be 4 system accounts)

Anyway what I want to know know are two things.
- How many and where are the desktop folders in your profile?
- Is there a desktop.ini in your user profile folder?
Assuming you are ceil. Type the following

dir "c:\users\ceil" /ad /b /s|findstr /i "desktop" | findstr /v /c:"Desktop\"

dir "c:\users\ceil\desktop.ini /a
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T03:00:21+00:00

Great. I missed the bit about reconfiguring the Command's Title Bar. Will redo these.
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Anonymous

2013-08-18T02:58:52+00:00

dir c:\users /a /s desktop.ini

Again, I don’t see how you’ll find this helpful as just the small section I could capture is 13 pages in Word:

Beginning:

Directory of c:\users\Public\Pictures

11/02/2006 08:50 AM    <DIR>          .

11/02/2006 08:50 AM    <DIR>          ..

01/20/2008 10:43 PM               382 desktop.ini

01/03/2009 04:19 PM    <DIR>          Sample Pictures

               1 File(s)            382 bytes

Directory of c:\users\Public\Pictures\Sample Pictures

Ending

Directory of C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Videos

05/01/2013 05:44 PM               670 desktop.ini

               1 File(s)            670 bytes

     Total Files Listed:

              40 File(s)          7,458 bytes

               0 Dir(s) 477,148,569,600 bytes free
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