File Paths - Pertains To Favorites And Start Menu
Jul 4, 2006
In C:Documents and SettingsUser I have 2 folders:
Start Menu
Favorites
The files within the Start Menu folder, as an example, have the path: C:Documents and SettingsUserStart Menu.
If I rename the Start Menu folder to, say, xxxxStart Menu, and view path of the files in the folder again, the path remains the same C:Documents and SettingsUserStart Menu instead of what I expected to be C:Documents and SettingsUserxxxxStart Menu. The same applies for Favorites.
Additionally, I can leave the renamed xxxxStart Menu folder in Documents and SettingsUser and create a new folder of the same name (xxxxStart Menu) and it allows me to do this--even though both names are the same!
1) Is this normal?
2) Why is this?
3) Are these some kind of "special" folders that Windows XP treats differently?
4) Why doesn't this happen for other folders like Desktop, Cookies, Local Settings, SendTo, and Application Data?
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