Thanks Steve, but I'm sorted. See previous post. I hope others can get past this problem!

Hi lhgarrett,
Thank you for taking the trouble to reply to my query. As it happens, since I posted, my hard drive crashed so Windows has had to be reinstalled and the folders seem to be working as...

The link in your post, starting tenforums.com/tutorials, actually took me to Windows Genuine and Activation Issue Posting Instructions - Windows 7 Help Forums and even when I tried to copy and paste...

Barman58, here is the report



Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Status: Validation unsupported OS
Validation...

Barman58, thank you for your prompt reply. I will act on your suggestions when I have time.

I have hit on a solution to this though whether it's the right thing to do I have no idea. I noticed that the Windows(C) folder with the Users folder in it shows as inset under This PC in the...

As I said earlier, I thought this problem (of Documents folders not being in sync) had been solved but it has returned. Ayone elso got any ideas, please?

I got on to MS online support yesterday afternoon and the technician there seems to have sorted out the problem of the folders not being synced. There is still the weird business of duplicate...

Pete, thanks for your reply. I might try what you suggest some time but, as you say, how does one stop all this happening in the first place?

David, thank you for your suggestion. I tried to create another account in my wife's name but if I try to log in with that I just get an error message to say that the user profile could not be loaded...

I have discovered that I have two Documents and two Pictures folders: one of each is in "This PC" and one in "Windows (C)>Users>[my name]". They are not synced and I seem to have to copy files from...