From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:24:29 -0400, Alan K. wrote:   
      
   > I agree with Dan.   You don't mess with the 'home' folder.   You don't do it   
   in Windows,   
   > you don't do it in Linux.   Too many things are "/home//.config/"  etc.   
      
   I've never tried to change it in Windows, but I pass on the message.   
      
   > Unless he has done a huge amount of custom work or data entry, I'd just   
   reformat as Dan   
   > says.    I hope your boss lives close.   
      
   I volunteer 2 times a week, Wednesday and Thursday. I will see him then.   
   It was a fresh install, so I'm guessing there's not much data on it. He   
   should actually do the reinstall himself; I wrote him a step-by-step   
   manual (which took longer than the actual install).   
      
   > And Linux is case sensitive where Windows is not.   
   > /home/Boss/Documents is not the same as /home/boss/documents.   
   > Also spaces in certain places complicates things and usually messes up the   
   works.   It's a   
   > crap shoot as to where, but now and then a piece of code assumes spaces and   
   newlines are   
   > dividers between items.   
      
   I'll take that into account.   
      
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