[nfbcs] OT System Variables and Default Directories

[Steve Jacobson]

Nicole,

I don't know if this is of any help, but I'm guessing your computer thinks you are logged on as user Nicole.NICOLE-Dell and that 
changes you make to the system variables are regarded as temporary.  The "users" control panel entry varies some between versions 
of Windows, but I think that there is generally a function to rename the user account.  You probably have to rename the user 
account to what you want it to be and then move the relevant content of c:\users\nicole into the newly created folder.  That means 
that you probably will want to rename c:\users\nicole to something else so you can be certain that it doesn't get overlayed.  It 
seems to me that I did something like this under Windows XP and still had to do something with some folders.  

If you are stuck with what you have, another approach is to not worry about changing the directory, but use the system variables 
when you have to specify paths to make life easier.  For example, %userprofile% should point you to the folder containing all your 
user specific data.  You should double-check the names under vista, though.

Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:02:01 -0800, Nicole Torcolini wrote:

>Apologies; I did not want to get in trouble for being off topic. Here's the
>whole story:

>A few months ago, my laptop running Windows Vista 64 bit had hard disk
>failures to the point that the operating system had to be reinstalled. I
>tried to put the old users directory, c:\Users\Nicole, on to the new
>installation. Somehow, in that process, I ended up with two versions of the
>home directory, one called C:\Users\Nicole and the other called
>C:\Users\Nicole.NICOLE-Dell (Nicole-Dell is the name of the computer). I
>want it to use c:\Users\Nicole as the home directory. I have set all of the
>various system directories involving user names and directories, but they
>seem to have no effect; it keeps using C:\Users\Nicole.NICOLE-DELL. I was
>just wondering if there is something that I am doing wrong. If there is not
>an easy fix, I am willing to just let it be, but I wanted to check first.
>Let me know if any of this does not make sense or if you want any more
>clarification.

>Thanks,
>Nicole

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>Nicole,

>Could you be more specific about what you need?  There are a lot of
>similarities between default variables and directorys in Windows Vista and
>Windows 7.  There is also some room for customization as well, so there
>isn't always one correct way to set things up.  
>Having an idea of what you are trying to solve might help determine if one
>has to have specific Windows Vista experience or not.

>Best regards,

>Steve Jacobson

>On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 19:15:52 -0800, Nicole Torcolini wrote:

>>I apologize for the off topic message, but I am at my wits' end. If 
>>anyone has experience with system variables and default directories in 
>>windows, particularly Windows Vista, can he/she please email me off list?
>> 
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Nicole who is tired of fighting with my computer 
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