Re: Moving "My Documents"

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From: Chad Harris (ddram32_nospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:43:56 -0400

Glen--

To change the location of My Documents to the "D" Drive:

Click Start
Right Click My Documents
Click Properties
Click Target
Type D:\
Click Move
Click Yes
Click OK

For reference:

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310147&Product=winxp

      How to Move Shell Folders (and contents)

by Kent W. England MS-MVP

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm

Go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr
entVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

and edit the value of "Common Documents" to the path of the folder you want.

Also:

This is a paste from Kieth Miller's recent post on this group at Saturday,
April 24, 2004 3:30 AM that should help:
_____________________________________________________________

 I changed the paths for each folder under:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"
    ("Common Documents", "CommonMusic", "CommonPictures", "CommonVideo")

Under:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"

I originally only had the "Common Documents" entry. After seeing what
TweakUI was looking for, I added entries for
"CommonMusic", "CommonPictures" and "CommonVideo" and set the paths I
wanted. After adding those (and logoff/logon), The shortcuts in the "other
places" group in common tasks worked correctly.
_____________________________________________________

Chad Harris

"glennpc" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48E937C0-A43D-4021-BCEF-6EF8C42592DC@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Windows XP Home Edition and I need to know how to relocate the
> "My Documents" and "Shared Documents" folders to another drive while
> keeping their icons unchanged in "My Computer."
>
> I want to move them to my D: drive because it is far larger than my C:
> drive. That way I can reserve C: drive for programs without it filling up
> with user documents.

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