Name
My Documents
Synopsis
The My
Documents folder is a central location on your hard disk where the
documents for all of your applications are supposed to be stored.
Although you can store documents anywhere, the My Documents folder is
convenient because it is easily accessible from the Desktop and the
Start menu and is the default folder in many File
→ Open and File
→ Save dialog boxes. Each
user has his/her own My Documents folder, located at
\Documents and Settings\{username}\Documents
.
- My Documents, change icon
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → select icon → Change Icon
- My Documents, clear recently opened documents from Start menu (Classic Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Clear
- My Documents, clear recently opened documents from Start menu (XP Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → Clear List
- My Documents, show as menu in Start menu (XP Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → Advanced tab → “Start menu items” section → Expand My Documents
- My Documents, show icon on Desktop
Control Panel → Display → Desktop tab → Customize Desktop → General tab → My Documents
- My Documents, show in Start menu (Classic Start menu only)
Control Panel → Taskbar and Start Menu → Start Menu tab → Customize → “Advanced Start menu options” section → My Documents
- My Documents, show recently opened on Start ...
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