lost public documents folder

Question

I lost my public documents folder when i was changing where my Word documents were saved to. When you save a document , at the top of the saved document window it will say how many locations it will be saved to. When i clicked on that it said [ my documents and public documents ] I deleted the public documents, not knowing that it would permanantly delete the public document folder in windows explorer. How do I get it back.  Thank you

Answer 1

Perhaps try creating the folder again from within the guest account, so that the permissions are not set with you as the owner.

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Answer 2

Add the Public Documents folder to the Documents Library :

1. Click the Start button.
2. Right-click Documents .
3. Click Properties .
4. Click the Include a folder button.
5. Browse to C:\Users\Public\Public Documents .
6. Click Include folder .

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Answer 3

I think the folder name should be "Public Documents".

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Answer 4

First, check your Recycle Bin to see if you can easily restore it from there.

If not, I'd recommend navigating to C:\Users\Public and then creating a new folder called "Documents".  Then perform the steps suggested by Steve above.

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Answer 5

Thank you, however when I browse to where you instructed me to, the public document folder is missing. Public music, public video, public pictures, public downloads are there but public documents is missing. So I cannot place any documents in my guest account.