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Old 01-06-2005, 16:46   #12
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Re: A bit of sense from Microsoft

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Originally Posted by Saxodriver
No they will make every program still look for My Computer or My documents when they have made it different names these programs will crash not being able to find a single directory, causing a crash.

They will then release a fix for this, which will search for c:/mydocuments. And of course the saga would continue.
Seeing as Windows already (with a minor tweak http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/61/) supports renaming most system "folders" (including My Computer), and it is a relatively easy task (programatically) to obtain the current name & location of any system folder, then, frankly, any program that falls over when the name of a system folder is changed is bad,
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