Change "my Douments" to Netorrk drive using registry edit

[Guest]

How can I change the "my Documents" location using a regedit (reg) file that
our Helpdesk can use with out doing it the manual method?
P.S. I know about group polciy and the like but that is not my department so
please lets not get into semantics.

I'd like this to work for the .PST file as well but I'd settle for the "my
Documents" folder reg hack.

Thanks,

Al

 

[DL]

MS doesnt support the use of the *.pst over a network
It can lead to corruption, & total loss

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Personal folder files are unsupported over a LAN or over a WAN link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019

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Regards,

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


How can I change the "my Documents" location using a regedit (reg) file that
our Helpdesk can use with out doing it the manual method?
P.S. I know about group polciy and the like but that is not my department so
please lets not get into semantics.

I'd like this to work for the .PST file as well but I'd settle for the "my
Documents" folder reg hack.

Thanks,

Al

 

[mhc]

How can I change the "my Documents" location using a regedit (reg) file that
our Helpdesk can use with out doing it the manual method?
P.S. I know about group polciy and the like but that is not my department so
please lets not get into semantics.

I'd like this to work for the .PST file as well but I'd settle for the "my
Documents" folder reg hack.

Thanks,

Al

Copy the four lines (one blank) between the asterisk dividers into
Notepad, change the folder name to the folder you want to use (you need
to use double backslashes, as shown below), save the file (ANSI format)
with a .REG extension, and then import the file into RegEdit.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders
"Personal"="E:\\Folder\\My Documents"
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