Can I re-assign 'Shared Music' folder?

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Guest

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
 
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Ramesh, MS-MVP

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


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
 
G

Guest

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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G

Guest

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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G

Guest

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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Ramesh, MS-MVP

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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G

Guest

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
 
G

Guest

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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Ramesh, MS-MVP

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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