Location of My Documents

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CreateWindow

Hi,

You can move the user's "My Documents" special folder when logged in with
their account. Right click it in Explorer and select properties / Move...

Hope that helps,

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Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2. By default, for any user account, WinXP would create My
Documents folder on the same drive where WINDOWS folder is (in most cases
it is C drive). Is it possible to make a user account and change its
settings so that it creates My Documents folder on a different drive (say
D drive/hard disc partition)?
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Sure, the easiest way to relocate the "My" folders is to use TweakUI, one of
the MS powertoys. Get it from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
 
Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2. By default, for any user account, WinXP would create My
Documents folder on the same drive where WINDOWS folder is (in most cases it
is C drive). Is it possible to make a user account and change its settings
so that it creates My Documents folder on a different drive (say D
drive/hard disc partition)?

Thank you,
 
Syed said:
Hello Everybody,
I have WinXP SP2. By default, for any user account, WinXP would create My
Documents folder on the same drive where WINDOWS folder is (in most cases it
is C drive). Is it possible to make a user account and change its settings
so that it creates My Documents folder on a different drive (say D
drive/hard disc partition)?

Thank you,
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Try this: http://www.dynode.net/~rjw/.

- Russell
 
Sorry, I disagree in this case: Never use a 3rd party app when a native
command will accomplish it perfectly. Properties; Move is easy and quick.
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TweakUI is a great tool and for what the OP wants to do, it is the easiest.
In one location you can move any of the "My" folders. It is a GUI to
accomplish the same thing that Explorer is accomplishing in it's GUI. Both
processes end up modifying the registry. It also allows changes to the UI
in other areas that one cannot accomplish elsewhere in the XP UI, without
directly modifying the registry.

I don't really see where TweakUI is a 3rd party tool either. It is one of
the MS powertoys downloadable from their site, written by the inestimable
Raymond Chen.

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