Troubleshooting: Folders

"Unable to access folder" message appears

This message can appear when you try to access a folder that you have added to PaperPort. However, PaperPort is unable to access the folder for one of the following reasons:

Tip

On the Tools ribbon, choose Folder Manager — or, in the Folders pane, click the right-mouse button, and then click Folder Manager to display the PaperPort folders dialog box.

Unable to change or move the My PaperPort Documents folder

The default PaperPort folder is set to My Documents\My PaperPort Documents when PaperPort is installed to correctly follow modern Windows guidelines regarding where to put user data.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to change the location of this folder within PaperPort.

Note that you are not required to use the My PaperPort Documents folder to store your data. You can add other local and network folders to PaperPort's Folder pane, and PaperPort will open to the last folder you were in before exiting.

It is also possible to delete all of the sample subfolders from the My PaperPort Documents folder if you are not using them: right-click the folder, and then select Delete. This will reduce the amount of extra folders displayed in your Folders pane.

Unable to remove PaperPort information from unused folders

If you have removed a folder from the Folders pane and no longer intend to use it with PaperPort, you may want to remove any PaperPort information associated with the folder.

  1. Close PaperPort.

  2. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to and then open the shared, network folder identified in the error message.

  3. Make sure your system is set up to display hidden files and folders.

  1. Delete the PPThumbs.ptn, PPThumbs.ptn2, maxdesk.ini, maxdesk.ini2 and PPMetadata.bin files, if they exist.

  2. If the folder is a top-level PaperPort folder, delete the subfolder named SearchVerity if it exists.

 

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