Re: My Documents

From: Ramesh, MS-MVP (ramesh_at_online.mvps.org)
Date: 01/26/05


Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:20:21 +0530

Again, "Shared documents" is here: (NOT under My Documents)
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents

-- 
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org
"BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:44286EBE-99A8-4B10-A7B5-FAAE695BD139@microsoft.com...
> Hi there, all you want is easy in this manner.
>
> The 'My Documents' folder, includes My Pictures, My SHared Docs etc.
>
> It is by default located at:
> C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\My Documents
>
> This entire folder can be 'Moved': just right click on My Documents, 
> choose
> Properties, then Click on Move.
>
> You could move this to your second partition.
>
> Then move all your documents from their repective location od the D Drive
> back into the appropriate folders in My Documents, for convienence. This 
> will
> ensure that where applications have a default store location of: 
> C:\Documents
> and Settings\User Name\My Documents, they are then placed into the new
> location on D Drive, eliminating the current situation where they are on 
> the
> C Drive and then copied across to D manually.
>
> "Billy" wrote:
>
>> Good Evening
>>
>> I use two partitions, one for Windows & programs, the other for data.  I
>> keep all my documents in the data partition.  Is there a way for me to
>> delete the "My Documents" folder the first partition?  I try to ignore
>> it however some programs seem to insist on using that folder.
>>
>> I feel the same way about "My Network Places", "My Pictures", and "My
>> Shared Documents"
>>
>> My concern is about space as I use a digital camera & a web camera and
>> seem, always, to end up with several copies of the images.
>>
>> I am using XP Pro SP2
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Bill
>> 


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