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Sorry for the new thread, this is probably a simple fix...
I've been doing some spring cleaning on my hard drive, making backups and deleting old files/folders/etc... Anyway, I renamed the "Home" user folder, the one with the picture of the house.
I think the result was that all of my preferences in various programs (iTunes, FireFox, etc) that were relying on that folder name can't find the folder because of the name change. I thought, no problem, change the name back, then they can find the folder.
Unfortunately, when I changed the name of the "home" folder a new folder popped up in the User section with the original name... (i.e. Changed "Home" to "X" then without warning another folder appears called "Home".) The new "Home" seems to appear as soon as a program needs it, opening it you first find a "Library" then a second later a "Cache" or "Cookies" folder appears in it. The problem with this is that I now have unknowingly made changes in two or three different "Home" libraries while trying to fix all my preferences.
So...
How can I:
A.) change the name of the "Home" folder once and for all and consolidate all of the new versions of that folder into one?
B.) get my programs to recognize the "Home" folder?
Sorry again, stupid mistake.
Uli
I've been doing some spring cleaning on my hard drive, making backups and deleting old files/folders/etc... Anyway, I renamed the "Home" user folder, the one with the picture of the house.
I think the result was that all of my preferences in various programs (iTunes, FireFox, etc) that were relying on that folder name can't find the folder because of the name change. I thought, no problem, change the name back, then they can find the folder.
Unfortunately, when I changed the name of the "home" folder a new folder popped up in the User section with the original name... (i.e. Changed "Home" to "X" then without warning another folder appears called "Home".) The new "Home" seems to appear as soon as a program needs it, opening it you first find a "Library" then a second later a "Cache" or "Cookies" folder appears in it. The problem with this is that I now have unknowingly made changes in two or three different "Home" libraries while trying to fix all my preferences.
So...
How can I:
A.) change the name of the "Home" folder once and for all and consolidate all of the new versions of that folder into one?
B.) get my programs to recognize the "Home" folder?
Sorry again, stupid mistake.
Uli