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My Documents help

16 years ago

I know that when I type something and want to save it, it will show up, BUT why do I get things that I don't type such as sort a list from Office----desktop icons and if I go to remove it , I get a messaage this part of my computer won't work. By the way, this shows up both on my documents and my recent documents--quickon icon--same thing

Hope this you are able to understand this.

Marie

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azinoh
16 years ago
I am having difficulty understanding this. Is this problem you are experiencing a recent development, or has it always been happening? What is the EXACT MESSAGE that says "part of my computer won't work"? Are you trying to save an Office (Word) document or something else? Which version of Office are you using?
meggypeggy
16 years ago
Don't try to remove it, just cancel out and try to save again.
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mariend
Original Author
16 years ago
I knew I would make it difficult and I am sorry. But I guess what I am trying to say, is I am getting things in My Documents that I did not put there, such as Office showing up when I did not put it there. Sorry.
Marie
Hope this helps.
owbist
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Word saves in My Documents by default. You need to go to Tools and Options to find where to change the location you wish to save your Word documents to. I have Office 2007 so I cannot give you the exact path on an earlier version.
mike_kaiser_gw
16 years ago
Many programs, including Office, save files to the My Documents folder by default. If you click "save" and then "ok" they'll end up in My Documents. After you click save you can navigate to another folder if you choose and subsequent saves of that document will end up there as well. If you want to change the default folder, you will have to do that on a application by application basis, generally under something like Settings in the tool menu.
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As far as my experience MK has it correct. When you save a document select the location you wish to save it to. Office should from that time on save to the new location until you change it again.

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My Documents is the default location for many things if you have not changed the path for where to specifically send them so it is not unusual for things to show up in there that you may not remember putting there.

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