Can "Home Edition" Redirect?

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Though the Professional version of XP can perform a redirect to a moved
file/directory (such as "My Documents"), I am not clear if this feature is
possible in the "Home Edition" version. To be honest, I haven't tried (I was
in the middle of loading software on the computer when I found out about the
"redirect" capability), though I have reviewed (on the Microsoft website)
what is necessary. The instructions look fairly straight forward, but I've
been told by an IT person that Home Edition lacks this feature. I'm willing
to spend a large chuck of time trying to find and implement the feature, but
I want to make sure that it even exists before I spend the time and possibly
becoming frustrated in the process.
 
How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/en-us

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| Though the Professional version of XP can perform a redirect to a moved
| file/directory (such as "My Documents"), I am not clear if this feature is
| possible in the "Home Edition" version. To be honest, I haven't tried (I was
| in the middle of loading software on the computer when I found out about the
| "redirect" capability), though I have reviewed (on the Microsoft website)
| what is necessary. The instructions look fairly straight forward, but I've
| been told by an IT person that Home Edition lacks this feature. I'm willing
| to spend a large chuck of time trying to find and implement the feature, but
| I want to make sure that it even exists before I spend the time and possibly
| becoming frustrated in the process.
 
XP Home does not have Group Policy (gpedit.msc), so you cannot use
gpedit.msc to redirect folders. That does not mean that folders cannot be
redirected in XP Home.

Using Folder Redirector utility to redirect special folders in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderredirector.htm

How to redirect shared folders in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/sharedfolders.htm

How to redirect special folders in Windows XP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/redirectfolders.htm

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