Finder no longer shows document folders, only All Files

Suddenly, Finder only lists "All My Files", "AirDrop" and "Applications" under Favorites where it used to list "Documents", "Pictures", etc. from which I could access "My Documents" and subsequent document folders. Now I have to wade through all of my files irrespective of file type or subject. This is obviously untenable, so what have I missed?

Okay I have figured out part of the problem and fixed it, although one issue still persists.
I fixed the "Current Status" issue for my servers by adding port 5900 & 3283 to the port forwarding settings in my Airport Extreme via the Airport Utility application. I don't remember having port forwarding turned on for my (now dead) Linksys router, but I could be mistaken.
Now I have a different problem. When I go to "copy" a file from my local machine to a remote server, I get a message that says "This task will fail: A console user is not logged in on www/servername/com"
If I log into that computer first, I am able to copy items, but I remember being able to copy items to my remote servers before without having to first sign into them? Am I mistaken on this or have I uncovered another problem?
Any help appreciated.

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As I understand, you want to increase the length of URL path in SharePoint 2010.
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3. If possible or allowed, use ASCII names for sites, folders, and documents. This will avoid situations where the URL will be lengthened by being encoded.
4. To reduce the risk that the SharePoint Server 2010 end-users will encounter problems because of URL length limitations, we recommend that you apply the following effective limits in the deployment:
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