Moving shared documents so XP recognizes new location

[Guest]

Can someone please explain what I have to do to get XP to recognize that I
have installed a larger hard drive in my computer and I have moved the Shared
Documents folder to that new drive (F.
I can't figure out how to do this for the Shared Documents folder. I seem to
have managed to do fine with My Documents, just not Shared Documents.
Any advice someone could give me would be appreciated.
Thanks,
George

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

George,

Open Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

In the right-pane, look for the entry "Common Documents" and double-click
it. The value which present there by default is
"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents". Change the value to the redirected folder,
say 'D:\SharedDocs'

To redirect the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folder along
with Shared Documents, try this:

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

In the right-pane:
- Create a REG_SZ named CommonMusic and set it's path
- Create a REG_SZ named CommonPictures and set it's path
- Create a REG_SZ named CommonVideo and set it's path

No space in between these words (CommonVideo, CommonMusic, CommonVideo).
One space in between (Common Documents)

Credit to Keith Miller for the above.

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Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
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[Guest]

Hi Ramesh -

Thank you (and Keith) for that feedback. I will try it later today and
hopefully not mess up my registry!

Thank you for heling me out.
George

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

George,

If you're concerned, create a System Restore point, or export the selected
branch before modifying.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/registry.htm

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
http://windowsxp.mvps.org

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx