Re: Shared Documents Folder

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Thanks for that. Before I do this can I clear somethings up please.

I also asked whether it was possible to simply move/redirect the entire
Documents & Settings folder to the D: drive. If so how is this done?

As to your instructions, do these keys already exist or do they need
creating? I have also seen some similar keys under;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ Shell Folders

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ MediaPlayer \ Preferences

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ DocFolderPaths

Are these to be left alone, or are these they keys you are referring to, and
if so they just require modifying?

Lastly, will this customisation be recognised by all software installed on
the pc. I have adobe, microsoft & roxio products installed?

Hope you can answer all these questions easily, sorry it seems so many for
one post, but they are really relating to my original post.

Oh, something I forgot about, though I don't know if it makes any
difference, I am running XP MCE 2005

THanks and best regards

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

To redirect the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folder along
with Shared Documents, try this: (from Keith Miller)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ User Shell Folders

In the right-pane:

a.. Create a REG_SZ named CommonMusic and set it's path
b.. Create a REG_SZ named CommonPictures and set it's path
c.. Create a REG_SZ named CommonVideo and set it's path
Note: No space in between for these words (CommonVideo, CommonMusic,
CommonVideo). One space in between (Common Documents)

Logoff and login back.


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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Nicrite" <Nicrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks. That sorts the basic issue out, however there is a problem.

I have created a folder on D: called 'shared' and sub folders in that for
Music, Pictures & Video.

Following your instructions I have amended the registry and this now appears
as the shared folder.

I have then deleted the original 'documents' folder in Docs & Settings\All
Users.

The problem arises when Media player 11 is started. It recreates the
original folder as the shared music folder. How can I stop this happening
and
make media player accept where the new Shared folder is?

It is not a major problem as I know I can change the monitored folders in
the media player options, however it is very annoying!

Any suggestions?

Would I have been beter off moving the whole Documents & Settings Folder to
the D: Drive or is this not possible?

Regards

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

To redirect the Shared Documents folder, you need to alter the path in the
registry. Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe. Navigate to the following
branch:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
Explorer \ User Shell Folders

In the right-pane, double-click "Common Documents" and set its path. (for
example.. D:\SharedDocs)

Close Regedit.exe

Create the destination folder and move the files there.

Logoff and login back

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Nicrite" <Nicrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am setting up my computer for family use. I have a 70Gb C: drive with
the
system files and programs etc and a second drive D: for data.

I have redirected all My documents folders to the D: drive successfully,
however there is a large amount of music & photos etc that require to be
shared.

This data is far too large to stoe on the C: drive under Shared Documents,
so I have tried to redirect this folder to D: as has been done with the
user
my documents folders. This has not been possible so far.

My question then is how can the C:\Documents & settings\All
Users\Documents
folder be re-located to my second drive?






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