EnCE EnCase Computer Forensics: The Official EnCase Certified Examiner Study Guide, 3rd Edition

My Documents/Documents

In older versions of Windows, under each root user folder there is, by default, a folder named My Documents. By default it contains a subfolder named My Pictures and most likely My Music and My eBooks, depending on the Windows version and service pack installed.

Of course, Windows Vista had to rearrange and rename things slightly just to keep everyone on their toes. In Windows Vista (and beyond), My Documents is called Documents and is still directly under the root user folder. My Pictures is called Pictures, and My Music is called Music. Both are directly under the root user folder instead of being subfolders of My Documents.

The purpose of these folders is to have secure and segregated locations for each user’s files ...