Keith,

It all works. I had a typo.

So thanks Keith for the moving folders instructions. The only thing I would
clarify is that the new values should be added as expandable strings.

Thanks Chad for the tips on getting the names and icons correct.

Ramesh, I hope you can let the TweakUI team know.

"Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I just tried it & it appears to have been successful.

I'm running XP pro. You may be experiencing difficulties specific to Media
Center Edition, in which case you may have better luck posting to a group
for that particular version.

You're absolutely right about TweakUI...RegMon showed no registry entries
were changed by TweakUI after selecting a new location.

If you're relying on TweakUI to accurately report the location of Shared
Music, Pics, etc. -- then you're being mislead. It attempts to read:

"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
Folders\CommonMusic"
(or CommonPictures or CommonVideo)

which don't seem to exist by default. TweakUI then seems to "make up" a
path value using defaults.

I followed the instructions in the link you provided and was successful in
relocating shared documents. 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.

Give that a try and post back.

Keith

"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can I move shared music/pictures to another drive? I'm using Windows
XP
> Media Center Edition. Please don't respond unless you have actually
> sucessfully moved Shared documents and Shared Music/Pictures/Video. Let's
> see if we can finally get a correct answer to this question, since many
> customers are asking it without a correct response.
>
> Don't refer me to "http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm".
It
> does not work.
>
> Don't tell me about TweakUI. It does not work.
>
> I already know how to right click on "My Documents", properties to move
it.
>
> These are the only instructions I have found which partially work:
> "http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=597"
>
> with the exception of the part about renaming the shared documents folder.
> But it only moves the top level Shared Documents and not Shared Music,
> Shared Video, Shared Pictures
>
> I don't understand why people insist that the other registry edits or
> TweakUI work?
>
> It is very frustrating !!!!
>
> I bet many people didn't know that it is possible to move the entire
> Documents and Settings folder (Q236621). Changing ProfilesList chages the
> location for any new user. I have done this, but it is not what I am
after.
> Since all the settings are in Documents and Settings you can't log-in if
> that drive is missing (I seem to recall). I wan't to keep the settings on
> C:. But move the shared documents to another drive.
>
> Sorry for being harsh and thanks !!!
>
>

Ramesh,

It all works for me too. I had a typo.

So thanks Keith for the moving folders instructions. The only thing I would
clarify is that the new values should be added as expandable strings.

Thanks Chad for the tips on getting the names and icons up to standard by
modifying desktop.ini

Ramesh, I hope you can let the TweakUI team know. It might also be nice to
lookup the poor souls who were asking about this before and let them know. I
know of at least two recent ones. This question is asked a lot, if you
search google, and the wrong (should be right) answer is always given "Use
TweakUI":
"http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&mid=6925e969-37c2-42ac-9a05-cd2257501
fa6"

"http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize&mid=7f9d8e9d-78b0-4771-9b39-9a2c27b
33ac9"

Good work everyone. Thanks.


"Ramesh [MVP]" <sramesh2k@\REMOV_NOSPAM\.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I'm able to redirect all the three special folders without any problem.
(Just created appropriate folders in a different partition f:\ and tested
it).

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:eedm$(E-Mail Removed)...
Nevermind the sluggishness issue, after a restart it is OK. But as I said
before only My Videos seems to be working perfectly.

"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Keith,
>
> That is very close. I suspected that "User Shell Folders" was missing
> something but had doubts about adding it.
>
> I added "CommonMusic", "CommonPictures" and "CommonVideo", no spaces, as
> expandable strings. I just followed the pattern. Is that what you did?
>
> Only the My Video seems to work correctly, When in "My Video" I can see
the
> "Other Places" link to "Shared Video". All the registry settings are
holding
> after log-off/on. The PC is also much slower now switching between
windows,
> as if it is searching for something and not finding it.
>
> You are defiitely on the right track and I must have made some mistake.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just tried it & it appears to have been successful.
>
> I'm running XP pro. You may be experiencing difficulties specific to
Media
> Center Edition, in which case you may have better luck posting to a group
> for that particular version.
>
> You're absolutely right about TweakUI...RegMon showed no registry entries
> were changed by TweakUI after selecting a new location.
>
> If you're relying on TweakUI to accurately report the location of Shared
> Music, Pics, etc. -- then you're being mislead. It attempts to read:
>
> "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders\CommonMusic"
> (or CommonPictures or CommonVideo)
>
> which don't seem to exist by default. TweakUI then seems to "make up" a
> path value using defaults.
>
> I followed the instructions in the link you provided and was successful in
> relocating shared documents. 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.
>
> Give that a try and post back.
>
> Keith
>
> "jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can I move shared music/pictures to another drive? I'm using Windows
> XP
> > Media Center Edition. Please don't respond unless you have actually
> > sucessfully moved Shared documents and Shared Music/Pictures/Video.
Let's
> > see if we can finally get a correct answer to this question, since many
> > customers are asking it without a correct response.
> >
> > Don't refer me to
"http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm".
> It
> > does not work.
> >
> > Don't tell me about TweakUI. It does not work.
> >
> > I already know how to right click on "My Documents", properties to move
> it.
> >
> > These are the only instructions I have found which partially work:
> > "http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=597"
> >
> > with the exception of the part about renaming the shared documents
folder.
> > But it only moves the top level Shared Documents and not Shared Music,
> > Shared Video, Shared Pictures
> >
> > I don't understand why people insist that the other registry edits or
> > TweakUI work?
> >
> > It is very frustrating !!!!
> >
> > I bet many people didn't know that it is possible to move the entire
> > Documents and Settings folder (Q236621). Changing ProfilesList chages
the
> > location for any new user. I have done this, but it is not what I am
> after.
> > Since all the settings are in Documents and Settings you can't log-in if
> > that drive is missing (I seem to recall). I wan't to keep the settings
on
> > C:. But move the shared documents to another drive.
> >
> > Sorry for being harsh and thanks !!!
> >
> >
>
>

Nice to hear you have this issue resolved. Thanks to Keith. Noted yet another bug in TweakUI.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Keith,

It all works. I had a typo.

So thanks Keith for the moving folders instructions. The only thing I would
clarify is that the new values should be added as expandable strings.

Thanks Chad for the tips on getting the names and icons correct.

Ramesh, I hope you can let the TweakUI team know.

"Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I just tried it & it appears to have been successful.

I'm running XP pro. You may be experiencing difficulties specific to Media
Center Edition, in which case you may have better luck posting to a group
for that particular version.

You're absolutely right about TweakUI...RegMon showed no registry entries
were changed by TweakUI after selecting a new location.

If you're relying on TweakUI to accurately report the location of Shared
Music, Pics, etc. -- then you're being mislead. It attempts to read:

"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
Folders\CommonMusic"
(or CommonPictures or CommonVideo)

which don't seem to exist by default. TweakUI then seems to "make up" a
path value using defaults.

I followed the instructions in the link you provided and was successful in
relocating shared documents. 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.

Give that a try and post back.

Keith

"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can I move shared music/pictures to another drive? I'm using Windows
XP
> Media Center Edition. Please don't respond unless you have actually
> sucessfully moved Shared documents and Shared Music/Pictures/Video. Let's
> see if we can finally get a correct answer to this question, since many
> customers are asking it without a correct response.
>
> Don't refer me to "http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm".
It
> does not work.
>
> Don't tell me about TweakUI. It does not work.
>
> I already know how to right click on "My Documents", properties to move
it.
>
> These are the only instructions I have found which partially work:
> "http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=597"
>
> with the exception of the part about renaming the shared documents folder.
> But it only moves the top level Shared Documents and not Shared Music,
> Shared Video, Shared Pictures
>
> I don't understand why people insist that the other registry edits or
> TweakUI work?
>
> It is very frustrating !!!!
>
> I bet many people didn't know that it is possible to move the entire
> Documents and Settings folder (Q236621). Changing ProfilesList chages the
> location for any new user. I have done this, but it is not what I am
after.
> Since all the settings are in Documents and Settings you can't log-in if
> that drive is missing (I seem to recall). I wan't to keep the settings on
> C:. But move the shared documents to another drive.
>
> Sorry for being harsh and thanks !!!
>
>

Informed those two poor souls thru mail :-)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Ramesh,

It all works for me too. I had a typo.

So thanks Keith for the moving folders instructions. The only thing I would
clarify is that the new values should be added as expandable strings.

Thanks Chad for the tips on getting the names and icons up to standard by
modifying desktop.ini

Ramesh, I hope you can let the TweakUI team know. It might also be nice to
lookup the poor souls who were asking about this before and let them know. I
know of at least two recent ones. This question is asked a lot, if you
search google, and the wrong (should be right) answer is always given "Use
TweakUI":
"http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&mid=6925e969-37c2-42ac-9a05-cd2257501
fa6"

"http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize&mid=7f9d8e9d-78b0-4771-9b39-9a2c27b
33ac9"

Good work everyone. Thanks.


"Ramesh [MVP]" <sramesh2k@\REMOV_NOSPAM\.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I'm able to redirect all the three special folders without any problem.
(Just created appropriate folders in a different partition f:\ and tested
it).

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:eedm$(E-Mail Removed)...
Nevermind the sluggishness issue, after a restart it is OK. But as I said
before only My Videos seems to be working perfectly.

"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Keith,
>
> That is very close. I suspected that "User Shell Folders" was missing
> something but had doubts about adding it.
>
> I added "CommonMusic", "CommonPictures" and "CommonVideo", no spaces, as
> expandable strings. I just followed the pattern. Is that what you did?
>
> Only the My Video seems to work correctly, When in "My Video" I can see
the
> "Other Places" link to "Shared Video". All the registry settings are
holding
> after log-off/on. The PC is also much slower now switching between
windows,
> as if it is searching for something and not finding it.
>
> You are defiitely on the right track and I must have made some mistake.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just tried it & it appears to have been successful.
>
> I'm running XP pro. You may be experiencing difficulties specific to
Media
> Center Edition, in which case you may have better luck posting to a group
> for that particular version.
>
> You're absolutely right about TweakUI...RegMon showed no registry entries
> were changed by TweakUI after selecting a new location.
>
> If you're relying on TweakUI to accurately report the location of Shared
> Music, Pics, etc. -- then you're being mislead. It attempts to read:
>
> "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders\CommonMusic"
> (or CommonPictures or CommonVideo)
>
> which don't seem to exist by default. TweakUI then seems to "make up" a
> path value using defaults.
>
> I followed the instructions in the link you provided and was successful in
> relocating shared documents. 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.
>
> Give that a try and post back.
>
> Keith
>
> "jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can I move shared music/pictures to another drive? I'm using Windows
> XP
> > Media Center Edition. Please don't respond unless you have actually
> > sucessfully moved Shared documents and Shared Music/Pictures/Video.
Let's
> > see if we can finally get a correct answer to this question, since many
> > customers are asking it without a correct response.
> >
> > Don't refer me to
"http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm".
> It
> > does not work.
> >
> > Don't tell me about TweakUI. It does not work.
> >
> > I already know how to right click on "My Documents", properties to move
> it.
> >
> > These are the only instructions I have found which partially work:
> > "http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=597"
> >
> > with the exception of the part about renaming the shared documents
folder.
> > But it only moves the top level Shared Documents and not Shared Music,
> > Shared Video, Shared Pictures
> >
> > I don't understand why people insist that the other registry edits or
> > TweakUI work?
> >
> > It is very frustrating !!!!
> >
> > I bet many people didn't know that it is possible to move the entire
> > Documents and Settings folder (Q236621). Changing ProfilesList chages
the
> > location for any new user. I have done this, but it is not what I am
> after.
> > Since all the settings are in Documents and Settings you can't log-in if
> > that drive is missing (I seem to recall). I wan't to keep the settings
on
> > C:. But move the shared documents to another drive.
> >
> > Sorry for being harsh and thanks !!!

You're welcome. Glad you've got it working now. Sorry I wasn't explicit about the entry type -- I did create the new entries as expandable strings -- I'll add that in the next time the question is asked

Keith

"jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Keith,
>
> It all works. I had a typo.
>
> So thanks Keith for the moving folders instructions. The only thing I would
> clarify is that the new values should be added as expandable strings.
>
> Thanks Chad for the tips on getting the names and icons correct.
>
> Ramesh, I hope you can let the TweakUI team know.
>
> "Keith Miller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just tried it & it appears to have been successful.
>
> I'm running XP pro. You may be experiencing difficulties specific to Media
> Center Edition, in which case you may have better luck posting to a group
> for that particular version.
>
> You're absolutely right about TweakUI...RegMon showed no registry entries
> were changed by TweakUI after selecting a new location.
>
> If you're relying on TweakUI to accurately report the location of Shared
> Music, Pics, etc. -- then you're being mislead. It attempts to read:
>
> "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
> Folders\CommonMusic"
> (or CommonPictures or CommonVideo)
>
> which don't seem to exist by default. TweakUI then seems to "make up" a
> path value using defaults.
>
> I followed the instructions in the link you provided and was successful in
> relocating shared documents. 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.
>
> Give that a try and post back.
>
> Keith
>
> "jquiet" <tester,testingplace,net> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > How can I move shared music/pictures to another drive? I'm using Windows
> XP
> > Media Center Edition. Please don't respond unless you have actually
> > sucessfully moved Shared documents and Shared Music/Pictures/Video. Let's
> > see if we can finally get a correct answer to this question, since many
> > customers are asking it without a correct response.
> >
> > Don't refer me to "http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm".
> It
> > does not work.
> >
> > Don't tell me about TweakUI. It does not work.
> >
> > I already know how to right click on "My Documents", properties to move
> it.
> >
> > These are the only instructions I have found which partially work:
> > "http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=597"
> >
> > with the exception of the part about renaming the shared documents folder.
> > But it only moves the top level Shared Documents and not Shared Music,
> > Shared Video, Shared Pictures
> >
> > I don't understand why people insist that the other registry edits or
> > TweakUI work?
> >
> > It is very frustrating !!!!
> >
> > I bet many people didn't know that it is possible to move the entire
> > Documents and Settings folder (Q236621). Changing ProfilesList chages the
> > location for any new user. I have done this, but it is not what I am
> after.
> > Since all the settings are in Documents and Settings you can't log-in if
> > that drive is missing (I seem to recall). I wan't to keep the settings on
> > C:. But move the shared documents to another drive.
> >
> > Sorry for being harsh and thanks !!!
> >
> >
>
>

[ahmetgns]

My problem is the links under Other Places section in Common Tasks are mixed. While viewing Shared Pictures, the section links to My Videos not to My Pictures and while viewing Shared Videos, the section links to My Documents not to My Videos. Anyway to fix this?