Can I re-assign 'Shared Music' folder?

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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.

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Regards,

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


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
 
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 said:
You're welcome!

--
Regards,

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


Perfect - I had missed a step.

Many thanks,

Steven

Ramesh said:
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
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Please ignore my last note - your instructions work perfectly.

Thanks,

Steven

Steven said:
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 said:
You're welcome!

--
Regards,

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


Perfect - I had missed a step.

Many thanks,

Steven

Ramesh said:
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
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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
 
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


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

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I used 'F:\Shared Documents\Shared Videos'.

Another thing - when I open 'F:\Shared Documents\Shared Videos', the
navigation bar shows 'F:\Shared Documents\My Videos'

I guess the 'My Videos vs Shared Videos is a clue.

Thanks,

Steven
 
Ramesh - it's fixed. I don't know what I did, but I ended up with 2 Shared
Videos folders and one was good.

Thanks,

Steven
 
Good to know, Steven.

--
Regards,

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


Ramesh - it's fixed. I don't know what I did, but I ended up with 2 Shared
Videos folders and one was good.

Thanks,

Steven
 
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