"windsurferLA" <ps144nyc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Many times when using non-Microsoft applications, one must scroll to the
> right to read the file name because of the long base built into WinXP file
> system. For example, every name of an .mp3 file in the MyMusic folder is
> built on the base:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\My Documents\My Music
>
> Can one change the name of the “Documents and Settings” directory to
> something shorter, perhaps “DocNset” without screwing up other aspects of
> Windows? I realize that the “Documents and Settings” listing at the top
> of Windows Explorer is really a short cut to the “Documents and Settings”
> directory, and changing its name does not change the path name to the
> files in the “Documents and Settings” directory.
Isn't this one of those directories whose names are reserved to XP? If so,
you won't be able to change the name.
Jim