windsurferLA wrote:

> 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.

Wrong approach. Don't mess with the "Documents and Settings" folder
name. The system uses it for a lot of things and if you rename it then
user profiles won't load, user security setttings will get munged, among
other ungood possibilities.

Copy all your mp3s to a simpler folder structure and in the future
direct new mp3 downloads to that location.

Steve N.