If I open a new lister I cannot see the My Documents folder displayed as a root folder in the folder tree. I do have "Native display of Desktop" enabled in the options and "Documents/profile folders" is checked.
I find if I navigate to that folder via the buit-in alias (go /mydocuments) then the My Documents folder appears in the folder tree and remains for the duration of the lister (unless I refresh the folder tree in which case it disappears). If I navigate away from that folder and then close and restart a lister then the My Documents folder is again missing in the folder tree.
Any idea whether I am missing a setting somewhere to get it always to appear in the tree without having to navigate to it to have it appear?
Make sure Preferences / Folder Tree / Options: Start Folder Tree at... is set to Desktop, and that Preferences / Folder Tree / Contents: User Profile folder is turned on.
The first option is set to Desktop. Under Preferences / Folder Tree / Contents I don't see a User Profile Folder option. The nearest I see to that might be "Virtual (non-filesystem) folders" and that is checked.
/profile goes to C:\Documents and Settings\TT1024. This is referenced within the Folder Tree under the C: drive
/mydocuments goes to C:\Documents and Settings\TT1024\My Documents
This is referenced within the Folder tree under the newly created "My Documents" root folder. When I click in the breadcrumbs location box it switches from "> My Documents >" to "C:\Documents and Settings\TT1024\My Documents"
I tried everything I could think of that might cause the My Documents folder to be hidden on XP but, other than not starting the tree at Desktop, it remained there.