Re: Moving MUD from ~/Documents to ~/Library

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On 12/5/05 9:59 PM, in article
1133837953.081933.281060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "LabMonkey"
<bbiritz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Apple Discussions,
>
> I am trying to move the Microsoft User Data folder from the ~/Documents
> to ~/Library folder. In Office v.X there was actually an option to do
> this, but in 2004 there is no longer one.
>
> I have tried moving the folder to, yet whenever I open up 2004 it
> recreates the folder under ~/Documents.
>
> Any ideas how to get around this?
>
> Thanks,
> LabMonkey
>
You can move the folder to wherever you want, including a network location.
(I personally think ~/Library is a bad choice, but that's not relevant.)
Once the folder is moved, make an alias for it and move the alias back to
the ~/Documents folder. It should work fine. Of course, Entourage, all other
Office programs and the Database Daemon, should be closed when you move the
folder and make the alias. (Close the Database Daemon using the activity
monitor after all other programs are closed.)

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

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