I have Win XP Pro SP2.

Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
and all works well.

However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.

Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?

Thanks,

Steven Lyall

Try reading kb307889

"Steven" wrote:

> I have Win XP Pro SP2.
>
> Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
> re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
> Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
> and all works well.
>
> However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
> Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.
>
> Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Lyall

Steven,

It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.

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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents

Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents

To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:

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

In the right pane, do the following:
Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path

Logoff and login back.

--
Regards,

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


"Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:13827D40-7ABF-4A27-8FE3-(E-Mail Removed)...
I have Win XP Pro SP2.

Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
and all works well.

However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.

Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?

Thanks,

Steven Lyall

Many thanks......

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Try reading kb307889
>
> "Steven" wrote:
>
> > I have Win XP Pro SP2.
> >
> > Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
> > re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
> > Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
> > and all works well.
> >
> > However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
> > Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.
> >
> > Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Steven Lyall

Perfect - I had missed a step.

Many thanks,

Steven

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Steven,
>
> It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.
>
> 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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
>
> Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents
>
> To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
>
> In the right pane, do the following:
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path
>
> Logoff and login back.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:13827D40-7ABF-4A27-8FE3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have Win XP Pro SP2.
>
> Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
> re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
> Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
> and all works well.
>
> However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
> Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.
>
> Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Lyall
>

You're welcome!

--
Regards,

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


"Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:B6829F7A-1825-42F5-8F21-(E-Mail Removed)...
Perfect - I had missed a step.

Many thanks,

Steven

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Steven,
>
> It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.
>
> 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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
>
> Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents
>
> To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
>
> In the right pane, do the following:
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path
>
> Logoff and login back.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

Ramesh - something is making my registry change revert to the original
locations for Shared Music.

Here is the sequence:

- I created the extra REG_SZ entries.
- I logged off and on again
- I opened Shared Documents and then Shared Music
- I clicked the task pane link to 'My Music' - perfect
- I clicked the task pane link to Shared Music - back to old location of
Shared Music
- I opened teh registry and teh REG_SZ entries had been overwritten to teh
old locations.

Interesting.

Steven



"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> You're welcome!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:B6829F7A-1825-42F5-8F21-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Perfect - I had missed a step.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Steven
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Steven,
> >
> > It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.
> >
> > 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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
> >
> > Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents
> >
> > To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
> >
> > In the right pane, do the following:
> > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
> > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
> > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path
> >
> > Logoff and login back.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> > Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>

Please ignore my last note - your instructions work perfectly.

Thanks,

Steven

"Steven" wrote:

> Ramesh - something is making my registry change revert to the original
> locations for Shared Music.
>
> Here is the sequence:
>
> - I created the extra REG_SZ entries.
> - I logged off and on again
> - I opened Shared Documents and then Shared Music
> - I clicked the task pane link to 'My Music' - perfect
> - I clicked the task pane link to Shared Music - back to old location of
> Shared Music
> - I opened teh registry and teh REG_SZ entries had been overwritten to teh
> old locations.
>
> Interesting.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > You're welcome!
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> > Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:B6829F7A-1825-42F5-8F21-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Perfect - I had missed a step.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Steven
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Steven,
> > >
> > > It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.
> > >
> > > 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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
> > >
> > > Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents
> > >
> > > To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:
> > >
> > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
> > >
> > > In the right pane, do the following:
> > > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
> > > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
> > > Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path
> > >
> > > Logoff and login back.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> > > Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >

Ramesh - I have one last problem.

Your solution works perfectly for Music and Pictures, but I have a problem
with Videos.

When I open Shared Videos, I use teh task pane link to get to My Videos - no
problem. But then there is no link back to Shared Videos.

When I then open the registry and look in 'Shell Folders', CommonVideo is
empty while the entry in 'User Shell Folders' is still as I left it.

Would appreciate your thoughts.

Steven

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Steven,
>
> It works correctly here. See if you've followed the correct procedure to relocate the shared folders.
>
> 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, look for the entry named Common Documents and double-click it. Type the new path (say D:\SharedDocs) in the text box provided. The default Value data is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
>
> Relocating the sub-folders of Shared Documents
>
> To relocate the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folders along with Shared Documents, navigate to the following registry branch:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
>
> In the right pane, do the following:
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonMusic and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonPictures and set the path
> Create a REG_SZ value named CommonVideo and set the path
>
> Logoff and login back.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
> Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:13827D40-7ABF-4A27-8FE3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have Win XP Pro SP2.
>
> Using a combination of Tweak UI and some registry editing, I have managed to
> re-assign 'Shared Documents' to a different drive. The original 'Shared
> Music' and 'Shared Pictures' folders are inside this new 'Shared Documents'
> and all works well.
>
> However, when I open 'Shared Documents', the 'Shared Music' and 'Shared
> Pictures' links which appear in the task pane take me back to the 'C-drive'.
>
> Is there a way to re-program these task-pane links?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven Lyall
>

Steve,

What's the value data you assigned for "CommonVideo". If you're using expandable strings such as %windir% or "%userprofile%, you need to use REG_EXPAND_SZ value type (not REG_SZ)

Also, make sure that the target folder exists.

--
Regards,

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


"Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:1A3C79B3-F2A4-420B-ABAB-(E-Mail Removed)...
Ramesh - I have one last problem.

Your solution works perfectly for Music and Pictures, but I have a problem
with Videos.

When I open Shared Videos, I use teh task pane link to get to My Videos - no
problem. But then there is no link back to Shared Videos.

When I then open the registry and look in 'Shell Folders', CommonVideo is
empty while the entry in 'User Shell Folders' is still as I left it.

Would appreciate your thoughts.

Steven

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote: