Changing Drive For "My..." Folders: One-Stop Shopping?

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Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all
the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to
another?

I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and
somewhere along the line, I managed the same with
"MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point
of contact for this...

?
 
(PeteCresswell) said:
Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all
the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to
another?

I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and
somewhere along the line, I managed the same with
"MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point
of contact for this...

?
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Are you using AD? If so, use folder redirection via group policy.
 
(PeteCresswell) said:
Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all
the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to
another?

I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and
somewhere along the line, I managed the same with
"MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point
of contact for this...

?
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Are you saying you want "My Documents" and all of its sub folders to save to
another drive?

The easiest way to do this is to show My Documents on the desktop using
Display Properties > Desktop > customize desktop, check the My Documents
box.

On the desktop, right click the My Documents icon > properties and change
the path under the Target tab.
This must be done with the system placed icon as the Target tab won't appear
under properties if you created the shortcut yourself.

I think TweakUI allows these save locations to be changed also.
 
Per dobey:
The easiest way to do this is to show My Documents on the desktop using
Display Properties > Desktop > customize desktop, check the My Documents
box.
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Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.
 
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