Business Planner: Files Unexpectedly Appear on Your Desktop When You Start Program (233473)

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, use the following methods in the order in which they are presented.

Enable User Profiles

To enable user profiles:

1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Passwords.
3. Click the User Profiles tab.
4. Click the following option:

   Users can customize their preferences and desktop settings. Windows switches to your personal settings when you log on.

5. Click to clear both check boxes under User Profile Settings.
6. Click OK, and then close Control Panel.
7. If you are prompted to restart Windows, click Yes.

Create an Msbp2000 Folder in the Profiles Folder

To create this folder:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. In the All Folders or Folders pane, double-click the hard disk on which you installed Windows.
3. Double-click the Windows folder.
4. Double-click the Profiles folder.
5. Double-click the username folder, where username is your Windows user name.
6. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.
7. Type Msbp2000, and then press ENTER.

Move the Files to the Msbp2000 Folder

To move the files to the Msbp2000 folder:

1. In the Address box, type the following line, and then press ENTER

   drive:\Windows\Desktop

   where drive is the letter of the hard disk on which Windows is installed.
2. Scroll down the All Folders or Folders pane until you see the Profiles folder.
3. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to the Profiles folder to open the folder.
   
   NOTE: Do not double-click the Profiles folder to open it.
4. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to the username folder to open the folder, where username is your Windows user name.
   
   NOTE: Do not double-click the username folder to open it.
5. In the right pane, drag all files listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article to the Msbp2000 folder in the All Folders or Folders pane.
6. Double-click the Msbp2000 folder in the All Folders or Folders pane to verify that the files you dragged in the preceding step are contained within the folder.

Modify the Value Data of the CurrentProfileDir Registry Value

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


To modify the value data of the CurrentProfileDir registry value:

1. Start Registry Editor.
2. Open the following registry key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Reference\SBB\9.0\OPTIONS
   					

3. Right-click the CurrentProfileDir value, and then click Modify.
4. In the Value Data box, type the following line

   C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\username\Personal\Msbp2000\

   where username is your Windows user name.
5. Click OK.
6. Quit Registry Editor.