Microsoft KB Archive/261446

= Duplicate My Briefcase Shortcuts Are Displayed on the Desktop and in the SendTo Folder =

Article ID: 261446

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q261446



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade your computer to Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), duplicate My Briefcase items may be displayed on the desktop and in the SendTo folder.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you renamed the My Briefcase icon on your Microsoft Windows 98 desktop, before upgrading to Windows Me.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this behavior, delete the  folder that was renamed in Windows 98 from the desktop and from the SendTo folder.

To save files from the Windows 98  folder, follow these steps:


 * 1) Double-click the renamed   icon, and then press CTRL+A to select all the files.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Cut or Copy.
 * 3) Double-click the new My Briefcase icon created in the Windows Me upgrade, and then on the Edit menu, click Paste.

If you do not want to save the files, remove the entire   icon (that was renamed in Windows 98) from the desktop. To do this, right-click  , and then click Delete. The My Briefcase icon that was installed during the Windows Me upgrade remains on the desktop.

To remove the duplicate item from the SendTo folder, open the C:\Windows\SendTo folder and delete the My Briefcase (2) shortcut.

To keep the shortcut to the renamed  folder in the SendTo folder, follow these steps:


 * 1) Right-click the My Briefcase icon that was created in the upgrade, and then click Create Shortcut.
 * 2) Click the new shortcut and press F2 to rename the folder so that it matches the name of the   icon created in Windows 98, and then press Enter.
 * 3) Right-click the renamed   shortcut, and then click Cut (or Copy).
 * 4) Open Windows Explorer and click the %Windir%\SendTo folder.
 * 5) On the Edit menu, click Paste. When you right-click a file or a folder, and point to SendTo, the shortcut to the My Briefcase folder is displayed as the shortcut to the My Briefcase folder that was renamed in Windows 98.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about how to determine which folder Windows is installed in, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

305792 How to Determine Which Folder Windows Is Installed In

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