Kevin's Watch

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 3:50 pm**

I keep trying to get rid of this "My Music" folder in "My Documents", but it keeps creating itself every time I delete it. Any idea how to get rid of the bastage?

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 5:22 pm**

I think that requires a registry change. Just like the "links" folder in Favorites (is it me, or is that just redundant as hell?).

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 5:39 pm**

Sorry, but I'm completely illiterate about this stuff. How do I make such a change? Thankies!

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 6:17 pm**

Hopefully, this should solve it without having to edit your registry:

open Windows Media Player

navigate to tools/options/copy music tab

in "copy music to this location" click the "change" button. choose location other than "my music" and hit the "apply" button. you should be able to delete the "my music" folder permanently now.

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 6:23 pm**

Alright, done. Here's hoping it works! Thanks much!

Speaking of the "Links" folder in favorite that keeps making itself: how do I get rid of it?

One last thing: I'd still kinda like to know how to edit my registry, just in case these nuisances continue.

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 6:53 pm**

I really wouldn't recommend editing your registry; but if you ever do, be sure to make a backup of it first.

If you do need to do this for the 'my music' folder issue:

Go to c://windows, double-click regedit.exe

In the pane on the left, open HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then Software - Microsoft - Windows - CurrentVersion - Explorer - Shell Folders - then in the right-hand pane, delete the key named My Music (click to highlight & hit 'delete' key)

Posted: **Wed May 18, 2005 10:28 pm**

Thanks! Saw some other useless stuff and got rid of it too.

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 1:34 am**

Assuming you have XP this is alot of fun:
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/p ... rtoys.mspx

If you don't there is also a powertoys for 2000 and all the others.
Just do a search.

Edge, are you or have you ever been a PC support technician?
You last post sounded like one.
If so did Lord Foul's "Thanks! Saw some other useless stuff and got rid of it too." make you laugh?
It made me see $$$ signs too!

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 2:59 am**

High Lord Tolkien wrote: Edge, are you or have you ever been a PC support technician?
You last post sounded like one.
If so did Lord Foul's "Thanks! Saw some other useless stuff and got rid of it too." make you laugh?

Well, so far the computer hasn't exploded, so, whatever I deleted was most likely unimportant, heh.

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 12:15 pm**

Lord Foul wrote:
High Lord Tolkien wrote: Edge, are you or have you ever been a PC support technician?
You last post sounded like one.
If so did Lord Foul's "Thanks! Saw some other useless stuff and got rid of it too." make you laugh?
Well, so far the computer hasn't exploded, so, whatever I deleted was most likely unimportant, heh.

I know and I wasn't picking on you but you went from "what's a registry?" to deleting "useless things"!

Usually comments like that have me turn the PC off and whip out my installation CDs.
Not that I mind!
It keeps me employed.
Damn Microsoft's "Restore" function!

Now anyone can fix their mistakes.

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 12:34 pm**

ROTFLMAO!

Oh man! Editing the registry is always a lot of fun.

--Avatar

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 5:13 pm**

High Lord Tolkien wrote: Edge, are you or have you ever been a PC support technician?
You last post sounded like one.
If so did Lord Foul's "Thanks! Saw some other useless stuff and got rid of it too." make you laugh?
It made me see $$$ signs too!

Lol, no I've never been a support technician. I'm just that guy who gets calls from 'friends' he hasn't spoken to in years because they need help with their PC.

And LF, 'Saw some other useless stuff...'

On the plus side, as HLT points out, the 'Restore' function is the layman's best friend.

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2005 5:17 pm**

Edge wrote:And LF, 'Saw some other useless stuff...'

Heh, trust me, it was useless. It was leftover crap from old video games. Apparently, uninstalling them isn't enough!

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2005 6:21 am**

Never. And on a related note, I've never known the "restore" function to work properly either.

Still, editing the reg isn't going to cause data loss as far as I know, so the damage you can do falls more into the category of "extremely inconvenient" than anything else.

--A

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2005 11:08 am**

Yeah, I used to stay away from the restore function until I started working with XP.
It's was ineffective on ME but now it *seems* to do the job in XP.
I don't know if SP2 made it better or what.
(crossing fingers)

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2005 11:12 am**

Aah, I still run my home machine off 2000, and my previous OS was ME. One failure of it there, and I never bothered again.

--A