>>>Not that it is terribly relevant, but Windows 95 did have the "My Documents" folder...
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>>Huh. Well, the copy I have has a C:\My Documents folder, though it doesn't seem to be a special one like in later versions. Thanks, Steve.
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>Hi Mike,
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>In the beginning (well, in 1995), it was simply the default folder where applications like Office 95 would want to save data. I think they have changed the functionality of it slightly over time, to make it more special... <s>

...which brings me to a futile duty to delete "My Pictures" folder from it about once in a few weeks, and it still gets created behind my back. I wish I knew which piece of software is doing that.