Password Authentication in the Documents and Settings folder

In Windows 2000 or above, careful friends will notice that there is a Documents and Settings folder on the system disk. If you often check its size, you will find that the size of this folder is constantly increasing! What is the relationship between our daily operations and it? Is there any very critical data? How can I lose weight in this folder? How do I back up the system when I reinstall the system? The following article will solve the problem for you
1. Understand the Documents and Settings folder

The Documents and Settings folder is used to store user configuration information in the Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 operating system. By default, the root directory of the system partition contains: Administrator, all users, default user, and user folder (1 ). If you hide the folder and the system file (folder), you will find more folders, such as LocalService and NetworkService.

Documents and Settings stores information about the user's current desktop environment, application settings, and personal data. The user configuration file also contains all the network connections, desktop sizes, color numbers, mouse settings, start menus, and network servers created when you log on to your computer. When we log on to Windows 2000/XP/200, the system automatically creates a configuration file for us. At the same time, by providing each user with the same desktop as the last time they log on to the computer, the user configuration file can provide each user with a consistent desktop environment. Having mastered the knowledge of this folder will bring us a lot of convenience to optimize the system. Next we will take Windows XP as an example to learn about the application of this folder in practice.

2. Facilitate data sharing among multiple users:

Windows XP supports multi-user operations. Each user needs to log in with his/her username and password. In addition, each user will produce a folder named after the user name under the Documents and Settings Directory, which stores the program settings and system configuration information of the current user. If multiple users want to use the programs and files on their computers together, we can use Documents and Settings to facilitate data sharing among multiple users.

(1) Allow multiple users to share the Start menu and desktop:

1. Folders involved:

User name/Start Menu all users/Start Menu

2. Folder functions:

The "start" menu is a folder used to store the content of each user's "start" menu. In the system, each user's "start" menu contains two components, some are stored in the "Start" menu in the "user name" folder, and others are stored in the "All users/" start "menu.

3. Application: the "Start" menu folder under the "user name" folder stores shortcuts for programs copied by the current user during system installation; the "all users/" start "menu" folder stores programs shared by users.

If we want each user's start menu to display shortcuts for all programs in the computer, we can run the program conveniently. In fact, to make all users use all the programs in the system. You can copy the shortcuts for sharing programs to the "All users/start" menu folder. Then, copy the shortcuts of all programs in the "Start" menu under the user name to "all users/" start "menu. When we install the program later, we only need to change the shortcut copy path to the "All users/" start "menu" folder. In this way, the shortcut will be copied to the "All users/" start "menu" folder. During modification, in the "run" dialog box, type "Regedit" to open the Registry Editor. Then, the branch of key_current_user/software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Shell Folders has been expanded, find the "programs" subkey in the key value on the right and double-click the subkey. In the "Edit string" dialog box that appears, change the path of the "value data" item below to "C: /Documents and Settings/teather/Start Menu/program.

Tip: In this regard, we can also share desktop files of various users.

(2) making it easier for multiple users to access the Internet:

1. involved folders:

Favorites: this folder is located in the directory of each user name.

2. Folder functions:

When surfing the Internet, our favorite URLs will be kept in this folder.

3. Application:

Users who frequently access the Internet will add their favorite website addresses to their favorites for later use. However, if you enter another user, you need to add the desired website address to the favorites folder, in this way, you can quickly find your favorite website under any user. When you modify a folder, specify a folder for the favorite URL, and copy the URLs in favorites under other user names to the folder. To save the favorite URLs to this folder in the future, we need to modify the path of this folder in the registry. Start the Registry Editor, locate the Shell Folders branch according to the preceding steps, and then double-click the "favorites" subkey in the branch to open the "Edit string" dialog box for this subkey (2 ), in the "value data" Field of the dialog box, enter the location of the specified favorites folder. Other users follow this method. In the future, each user's favorite website will save the specified folder.
(3) making it easier for multiple users to access their network neighbors

1. Folders involved:

Nethood: The file is located in the directory of each user.

2. Folder functions:

This folder stores the shortcuts that every user saves to share folders in network neighbors when using network neighbors. With these shortcuts, we can quickly open the desired shared folders.

3. Application:

If you save the shortcut for each user to access the network neighbor to a specified folder, we can quickly access the shared folder of the computer in the same network segment in any user environment, it facilitates file sharing. Open the Registry Editor when you modify the key, find the "nethood" subkey under the Shell Folders branch, and then open the "Edit string" dialog box for this subkey (3 ), enter the location of the specified folder in the "value data" Field of the dialog box. Other users can modify the folder according to this method. In the future, we can save the shortcuts of shared folders accessed by users through network neighbors in this folder.

(4) shared ie download file Buffer

1. Folders involved:

Temporary Internet Files: this folder is located in the local settings folder under each user directory.

2. Folder functions:

Local Settings: this folder stores application data, history, and temporary files. When we run the program installed in the system, the program will automatically extract the data of the application in this folder.
Temporary Internet Files: IE download file buffer. When you use IE to browse a webpage, the system automatically stores the browsed webpage content in this directory. When you open the same webpage again, the system extracts the content from this directory, this will speed up browsing.

3. Application: each user's folder has such a large cache folder. Although the IE File Buffer can speed up the web page, it is also large in size. This wastes a lot of our hard disk space, so we can put all users' ie cache files in the same folder, which can save disk space and make it easy for multiple users to access the Internet. During modification, right-click the IE icon, select the "Internet properties" command, and then open the "Internet properties" dialog box. Find the "Temporary Internet Files" option in the "General" tab, click the "Settings" button to bring up the Settings dialog box (4), and click the "Move folder" button in the folder, select a folder under the specified user. Other users follow this method.
(5) extracting files anytime, anywhere:

1. Folders involved:

My documents: this folder is located in the user directory.

2. Folder functions:

This folder is a commonly used "My Documents" folder for each user. It stores some of our files and data. By default, "My Documents" contains the following folders:

My pictures: stores user image files. By default, images are downloaded here.

My music: stores user music files. By default, the music files are saved here.

My Library: stores user library files.

My eBooks: stores user e-book files.

3. Application:

"My Documents" are located in the directory of each user. If your computer is using multiple systems, it seems a little messy for each user to save files, and it is very inconvenient to search for files. In fact, we allow multiple users to use one "My Documents" in the system and save all the files to "my documents, this is very convenient for us to extract and modify files. During modification, right-click the "My Documents" icon on the desktop and select the "properties" command. Then, a "My document properties" dialog box is displayed (5 ), in the dialog box, enter the path of the specified folder in the "target folder" text box, and then click "OK. Install this method to change "My Documents" of other users to this folder. In the future, every user can extract files from this folder at any time.

3. personalized settings make operations faster:

(1) Create your own program template:

1. Folders involved:

Templates this folder is located under the user directory folder

2. Folder function: This folder stores commonly used template files, such as winword.doc?powerpnt.ppt=excel.xls. templates are styles that contain section structures, font styles, page la S, and other elements. It determines the basic structure and style of the document.

3. Application: After learning about the functions of the template, we can set personalized templates in the folder as needed. When creating a template, right-click in the blank area of the folder and choose "New> Microsoft Word documentation" to create a new wordfile and rename it winword2.doc. Double-click the file and then set the font, Font, and page size, and save the file. In the "Resource Manager" area, right-click and select "New> Microsoft Word document documentation". Then, double-click the newly created document. You will find that the document has been used in winword8.doc (6 ).
(2) create a personalized right-click sending Function

1. Folders involved:

Sendto: the folder is located in the user directory.

2. Folder functions:

Send folder. The content in this folder corresponds to the content in the send item in the right-click menu, where you can add or modify the items in the send menu.

3. Application: by right-clicking the send menu, you can quickly process specified files, such as sending them to "my documents", quickly compressing specified files, and sending emails, this makes our daily operations easy. In fact, we can also copy the shortcut of the frequently used folder (such as a USB flash drive) to sendto. After right-clicking and selecting the "send" command, we can see that there is an extra USB drive letter (7) under the menu ). In this way, we can quickly send the specified file to the USB flash drive through the "send" menu.
4. transparent to the system to lose weight

In addition to setting the above items in the Documents and Settings folder, we can also use this folder to lose weight to the partition where the system is located.

(1) Move the app

1. Move my documents and IE cache folders: To reduce junk and fragment files in partition C, we can move some folders to other partitions, such as my documents, you can move this folder to an edisk or another partition. We can also move the cache folder of IE and the OE mail folder to other partitions. When moving my documents and the IE cache folder, we can install the method described above. Let's see how to move the OE mail folder.

2. Move the OE storage Folder: Start OE and click the "options" command under the "Tools" menu on the main interface of the program. Then the "options" dialog box is displayed, switch to the "maintain" tab and click the "Storage folder" button (8). The mail storage path is displayed. By default, emails are saved to C: /Documents and Settings/"User Name"/Local Settings/Application Data/identities/{5146aedc-172e-4868-a96c-acc2cd223f2d}/Microsoft/Outlook Express, click "change" to save the path to other partitions. Restart oe to take effect.

3. Move temp

The temp folder is located in the local settings under each user directory. This is the temporary folder of the system. Many temporary files are generated during system and software running and stored in this directory. To reduce junk files on drive C, we can move them to other partitions. Right-click my computer and select "properties". The "System Properties" dialog box is displayed. Switch to "advanced" and click "environment variables, in the "environment variables" window (9), select "Temp" in the "user variables" item, and then click the "edit" button below, enter the address of another partition in the variable value, and then click OK. The system temporary files will be saved to the specified folder.

(2) Clear the cleaning

1. Clear temporary folders on a regular basis

Although the temp and Temporary Internet Files folders are moved to other partitions, these folders will save a lot of temporary files for a long time, occupying a lot of hard disk space, therefore, we need to regularly clean these folders. When clearing the temp folder, we can directly go to the folder to delete the files in it. When clearing the Temporary Internet Files folder, right-click the IE icon and select the "Internet properties" command, then, the "Internet properties" dialog box appears. In this dialog box, click the "delete file" button, and then select the "delete all offline content" check box in the "delete file" dialog box, click OK to delete the IE cache file.

2. regularly clear historical Internet access records

The history of each Internet access is saved in the local settings directory in each user directory in the Documents and Settings folder. For a long time, there are also a lot of useless URLs, so we need to clear them regularly. When cleaning up, click "Clear history" in the "Internet properties" dialog box, to clear the history records in the folder.

Tip: History folder. The IE browser has a function to record the URLs browsed by users. This directory is used to store these URLs.

5. Making the system safer:

The Documents and Settings folder is a folder used by users to store user configuration information, which may leak some privacy information.

(1) do not expose cookies:

Cookies are also called cookies. They are information that you leave on your hard disk when you are browsing some websites, including user names, user information, and websites. This folder is located in each user directory in the Documents and Settings folder. Therefore, we can clean up the files in these folders to ensure data security. In the "Internet properties" dialog box, click "delete cookies" to delete cookies in the folder.

(2) Set a dedicated folder for important files in Win XP

If there are many users in Win XP, we can set some folders as private folders for security purposes, and others cannot view or change the content in private folders. However, before using this function, your drive partition format must be NTFS.
Open "my computer", double-click the "Documents and Settings" folder in drive C, and select the specified user folder. Right-click any folder in the user configuration file and choose "properties" from the shortcut menu. In the displayed window, select the share tab and select the set this folder as private check box, so that the private folder is successfully set.

(3) Recovering temporary disk files:

When using a computer, the computer Often crashes due to power outages and other phenomena. In this way, files that we cannot archive in word will flow eastward, affecting our work. In fact, the Word documents are stored in C:/Documents and Settings/user name/Application Data/Microsoft/word, so when you re-boot, you will find a file named XXX in this folder. ASD file, this file contains the file you just entered, we can change the name of this file to xxx.doc, open this file with word you to see, how just a hard-hitting file has appeared again.

6. Timely Data Backup

Before installing the system, set the required programs or systems in the system, such as favorites and Internet Explorer cache file sharing. If the system crashes or reinstalls the system, it is also very troublesome to reset the settings. To reduce repeated operations, you can back up these settings after setting the system, so that unexpected

(1) back up the application data folder:

Application Data is the application data folder. In the Documents and Settings folder, each user corresponds to an application data folder, and the contents of the directories vary with the software used by each user. Including shortcuts in the taskbar and some input files. The contents in this directory vary depending on the software used in your system. Therefore, to facilitate system installation, you can back up related items in the folder before installing the new system.

(2) backup Start Menu:

If some programs are installed in other partitions after the system is installed, many programs can be directly used after the system is installed, such as WinZip and Windows optimization masters, however, these programs lack shortcuts in the Start menu, so we can back up the program before installing the system.

(3) backup the Registry file:

Every time we install the system, we need to optimize the system settings. these settings are saved in the Registry file, ntuser. dat, ntuser. INI, ntuser. dat. the three log files are some of the registry files, which act on a single user. The "Resource Manager", taskbar, network printer, user settings, attachment settings (including calculators, clocks, notebooks, and super terminals) in the control panel are stored. Therefore, we can back up the three files in other partitions.
In this article, do you have a better understanding of the Documents and Settings folder and have provided us with a lot of convenience in optimizing the system.

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