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March 12, 2010

'My Documents' folder is below 'My Computer' folder

I dunno why this is, but when I launch Windows Explorer on Jennifer's desktop, the 'My Documents' folder is buried way down below the 'My Computer' folder, which is expanded by default. So, I have to visually dig down through a lot of data to find 'My Documents'. I verified that on my other computers, 'My Documents' appears at the top. So I found this website which explains how to correct the order so 'My Documents' appears at the top, as it should, IMHO.

Start - Run - Regedit
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
Right-click on DWORD value "SortOrderIndex" and click on 'Modify'.

Change the DWORD value Sortorderindex to Hex 48 (decimal 72) to make 'My Documents' be displayed first in Windows Explorer. [Enter Hex 54 (decimal 84) if you want 'My Computer' to be displayed first]. The changes take effect immediately.

Posted by Rob Kiser on March 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM

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