After partition resize, ObjectDock can't find my Image folder

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All I did was resize and move the partition down.  The drive letter is the same (although Windows got confused there and that might not have helped, that is fixed).  ObjectDock seems to be checking some sort of physical location rather than drive letter.  The image folder in question is the one inside My Documents.  For me, that has always been a seperate partition rather than on my boot partition.

I run Windows Vista 64-bit SP2.  Can someone help?  If I need to reinstall, I would like a way of preserving my layout.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Start > Computer  Right Click > Manage > Storage Disk Management on left Pane > Right click lower Graphical View > Change Drive letter / Path if not as wanted

May need to temporarily assign higher letters if not as wanted - happens if computer has assigned wrong letters during boot after adding drives/partitions etc. then reassign to what you want.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The errror I get during startupDrive letters are corrected.  The dialog I get is shown at right.


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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I would uninstall/cclean/reboot/reinstall object dock after making backups of all its folders first - unhide all folders - in programdata, program folders etc. Set its preferences locations etc with the new install then copy stuff back to rebuild your previous folder hierarchy.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Ausvet, reply 3
I would uninstall/cclean/reboot/reinstall object dock after making backups of all its folders first - unhide all folders - in programdata, program folders etc. Set its preferences locations etc with the new install then copy stuff back to rebuild your previous folder hierarchy.
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Well, I tried that--twice.  I still get that dialog.  I can now access the images, but the dialog still appears.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

This problem is still there when I start Object Dock.  When you ignore it, it doesn't go away.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

i used to get the no disk in drive - on xp and it was looking at my cd-rom -- can't remember what made it go away

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Reset the location of My Documents to default, don't copy the files. Rename the My Documents folder on the other drive/partition to "docs.old" or something else.

Now create a new My Documents folder and set the location appropriately in the OS.

Finally, move all content from "docs.old" to the newly created My Documents.

This should fix it.

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Uh, My Documents on Vista is normally a locked out folder.  You can't access it.  It was replaced by %USERPROFILE%\Documents.  I make $USERPROFILE%\My Documents a hard link, which means that Windows sees it as the real location.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If you right click on the Documents link on the start menu and choose properties you have a tab named "location" (or something like that, I'm using a swedish vista, so it's "Plats" for me :P ), from there you can reassign the location of it as you see fit.

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting mickeko, reply 9
If you right click on the Documents link on the start menu and choose properties you have a tab named "location" (or something like that, I'm using a swedish vista, so it's "Plats" for me ), from there you can reassign the location of it as you see fit.
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Actually, I prefer to have multiple locations so all programs see the folder.  The hard link solution I found allows that.  But it doesn't explain why Object Dock can't find the folder.  Whether I express it as "C:\Users\Will Pittenger\Documents", "c:\Users\Will Pittenger\My Documents\", or "e:\" (My Docs is a partition on this system); Windows has things mapped to the same destination.  I don't see why Object Dock should even bother attemptting to access it via other means.