(PeteCresswell) said:
Seemed easy: right click drag/drop, specify "Move", and Windows
moves it and it's contents.
The joker is that it comes up with the Read-only attribute set.
Properties | General | Attributes | Read-only allows the checkbox
tb cleared, but upon re-opening the props dialog it's back to
being checked.
Funny thing is that I can drag drop a file to the folder and it
gets copied in there ok... but that Read-Only box is still
checked and a program I'm using to record television shows
refuses to accept MyVideos as a storage directory because "You
have no write privileges to the specified folder".
Anybody know how to clear that checkbox?
Some registry entry maybe?
Hello PeteCresswell,
Please see below, My Viedos plus the rest of them, take care editing the
registry, this informaltion is provided as is, with no responsibitly on my
behalf.
**********************************************************
* Re-Direction Of Special Folders For *
* User And Alluser Profiles In Windows XP *
**********************************************************
Registry Key For User Special Folders
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
---- ---- -----
Name Type Value
---- ---- -----
AppData REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Cache REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Cookies
Desktop REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Favorites REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
History REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\History
Local AppData REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data
Local Settings REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings
My Music REG_SZ %USERPROFILE%\My
Documents\My Music
My Pictures REG_SZ %USERPROFILE%\My
Documents\My Pictures
My Video REG_SZ %USERPROFILE%\My
Documents\My Videos
NetHood REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\NetHood
Personal REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\My Documents
PrintHood REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood
Programs REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
SendTo REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\SendTo
Start Menu REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu
Startup REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
Templates REG_EXPAND_SZ %USERPROFILE%\Templates
To change the location of these folders, change the %USERPROFILE% to point
to the chosen folder.
Make sure the folder exists first.
Registry Key For AllUser Profile Special Folders
------------------------------------------------
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
---- ---- -----
Name Type Value
---- ---- -----
Common AppData REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
Common Desktop REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
Common Documents REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
Common Favorites REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Favorites
Common Programs REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs
Common Start Menu REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
Common Startup REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
Common Templates REG_EXPAND_SZ %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates
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
Hope this helps.
- barak