Can't open "My Recent Documents" folder

Hi, everyone!

From "My Computer", I go into "Local Disk", "Documents and Settings", then
into the folder named for the owner of the comuter, me. But then when I try
to access the "My Recent Documents" folder, explorer freezes, I hear the
computer running something, and after about 30 seconds, I still can't access
the folder. This happens when I so much as click on the "My Recent Documents"
folder. This doesn't happen with any other folder, and I'm logged in as the
owner. I haven't changed any settings from the last time I accessed this
folder, which was about last week.

Can anyone give me some help on how to fix this? I have no idea what is
wrong. Thanks so much for any help!

When you rightclick the Start button, then Properties, you will find a way
to clear that folder.

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"Hal_Emmerich" <HalEmmerich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13C8D3BB-4C3D-4660-988E-397960FD1C3F@microsoft.com...
> Hi, everyone!
>
> From "My Computer", I go into "Local Disk", "Documents and Settings", then
> into the folder named for the owner of the comuter, me. But then when I
> try
> to access the "My Recent Documents" folder, explorer freezes, I hear the
> computer running something, and after about 30 seconds, I still can't
> access
> the folder. This happens when I so much as click on the "My Recent
> Documents"
> folder. This doesn't happen with any other folder, and I'm logged in as
> the
> owner. I haven't changed any settings from the last time I accessed this
> folder, which was about last week.
>
> Can anyone give me some help on how to fix this? I have no idea what is
> wrong. Thanks so much for any help!

Thanks for the reply! But I actually don't want to delete the contents of the
folder, I just want to be able to browse it like I used to. I'm also
concerned that there is some program running that I don't know about whenever
I try to access the folder.

Thanks again for any help, everyone!

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> When you rightclick the Start button, then Properties, you will find a way
> to clear that folder.
>
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> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
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>
> "Hal_Emmerich" <HalEmmerich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:13C8D3BB-4C3D-4660-988E-397960FD1C3F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, everyone!
> >
> > From "My Computer", I go into "Local Disk", "Documents and Settings", then
> > into the folder named for the owner of the comuter, me. But then when I
> > try
> > to access the "My Recent Documents" folder, explorer freezes, I hear the
> > computer running something, and after about 30 seconds, I still can't
> > access
> > the folder. This happens when I so much as click on the "My Recent
> > Documents"
> > folder. This doesn't happen with any other folder, and I'm logged in as
> > the
> > owner. I haven't changed any settings from the last time I accessed this
> > folder, which was about last week.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some help on how to fix this? I have no idea what is
> > wrong. Thanks so much for any help!
>

I deleted the folder contents like you said, and that seemed to have fixed
the problem! I can now access it like I used to. I guess it just got too
full, because I didn't empty it once for the years I've used the computer.
PLease disregard my other reply to your post.

Thanks so much for your help! You really saved me an immense amount of time
and frustration!

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> When you rightclick the Start button, then Properties, you will find a way
> to clear that folder.
>
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "Hal_Emmerich" <HalEmmerich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:13C8D3BB-4C3D-4660-988E-397960FD1C3F@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, everyone!
> >
> > From "My Computer", I go into "Local Disk", "Documents and Settings", then
> > into the folder named for the owner of the comuter, me. But then when I
> > try
> > to access the "My Recent Documents" folder, explorer freezes, I hear the
> > computer running something, and after about 30 seconds, I still can't
> > access
> > the folder. This happens when I so much as click on the "My Recent
> > Documents"
> > folder. This doesn't happen with any other folder, and I'm logged in as
> > the
> > owner. I haven't changed any settings from the last time I accessed this
> > folder, which was about last week.
> >
> > Can anyone give me some help on how to fix this? I have no idea what is
> > wrong. Thanks so much for any help!
>