Re: Customize MyDocuments

Lost_in_sight wrote:

Ken-You're right of course, it depends on the individual. I'm
obviously very challenged to keep my system running, because I'm
always wanting to load new software, add a new piece of hardware, or
just because I'm a clutz! I need to have a system that I can recover
easily, because it is so often necessary. See my other posts.
I'll check out the tweaks you mention. Why aren't these things
mentioned in the Help directory? I've struggled with this for years!
thanks again.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Lost_in_sight wrote:

I learned long ago that when the system crashes and the drive has to
be formatted,


For anybody who knows what he's doing, the need to do that is
extremely rare.


I did not want my personal files to be there too. So I
NEVER put my personal files on the same drive with the operating
system. That would be crazy!


I don't think it's crazy at all. It's a choice. People have
different need and ways of working, and what's right for one person
isn't necessarily right for everyone. In particular, if their backup
scheme is one that backs up their data, but not the operating
system, separating the operating system and their data on different
partitions facilitates that backup. For those whose backup scheme
consists of making an image of everything on the hard drive, there
is much less value to separating data on its own partition.


However, that is where "My Documents" is. And with XP, it seems to
have become a religion.


Not at all. It's easy enough to change.


Is there anyway to reassign the location of
"My Documents" so that I don't have to navigate away from it every
time some application thinks my files should be there?


Sure. The free Microsoft TweakUI will do this, and many other useful
things, for you.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (if
you have SP1 or SP2 installed)

or
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
(if you don't have SP1 or SP2).

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