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Come to Terms With My Documents Folder
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COME TO TERMS WITH THE MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER
However, I finally got tired of having to overcome the default setup, and I switched and discovered it really wasn’t so bad—even though it makes for a really long file name. In Windows XP, for example, it looks like this: C:Documents and Settings
By the way, if you don’t like the name My Documents, go right into the address line in Windows Explorer and change it (see screenshot below).

Also, if you have a neat little program called Tweak UI (see column item “Get rid of the arrows on icons—and do lots more”), you can make the My Documents icon the first icon on the desktop.