Files renamed following upgrade

[JPandzik]

Yesterday I upgraded client's computer to Win 2000 Pro and app from Office
2000 to Office 2003. "My Documents" folder is hosted in home directory on
server. I brought back computer, remapped "My Docs" icon to home directory,
and left happy. Today she calls and says all of her documents in "My Docs" on
server have been renamed "Copy of..." followed by the original name. She's
right, and I have no idea why that happened. (Note: New documents are not
affected.) I shrugged and said "That'll happen with an upgrade", but
truthfully, I haven't a clue. Help!

Signed,
Clueless in San Antonio

 

[TF]

It just isn't possible to move the Windows My Documents like that. It
actually takes some registry hacking to achieve.

However, that isn't what you should be doing. If the user is going to use a
directly on the server as default location, then you open Word and use
Tools, Options, File Location tab and change the default DOCUMENTS path to
the server folder using UNC addressing (not mapped drive). Illogically,
changing this setting in Word will change the defaults for other Office Apps
too.




: Yesterday I upgraded client's computer to Win 2000 Pro and app from Office
: 2000 to Office 2003. "My Documents" folder is hosted in home directory on
: server. I brought back computer, remapped "My Docs" icon to home
directory,
: and left happy. Today she calls and says all of her documents in "My Docs"
on
: server have been renamed "Copy of..." followed by the original name. She's
: right, and I have no idea why that happened. (Note: New documents are not
: affected.) I shrugged and said "That'll happen with an upgrade", but
: truthfully, I haven't a clue. Help!
:
: Signed,
: Clueless in San Antonio

 

[JPandzik]

Thanks, Terry, I'll try that.