How To Bring Back The Missing My Documents Folder In Windows XP

When you open the My Computer screen and your Documents folder is missing but all the other users folders are there try this tweak.

• Go To START - RUN And Type REGEDIT

• Navigate To HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / Software / Microsoft / Windows / Current Version / Explorer / DocFolderPaths

[Once you click the DocFolderPaths folder you should see all the user’s folders.]

•  Add a new string value
• Value Name: your user name
• Value Data: the path to your docs folder ( ex. C:\Documents and Settings\your docs folder )

Exit Registry editor and open my computer, now you will see My Documents Folder.