Moving the "My Documents" folder to other drive

[sat]

Win XP HE SP1
Laptop/no network
Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general


Hi,
"My Documents" folder is over 1 GB and I want to move ti to another hard
drive that I have (partition really) that has plenty of available space:
Thus it would go from C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents to
somewhere in D:\

What is the best way to do that?
Copy and paste in Windows Explorer?
Do it with a command line in DOS?
Some other way?

What's an ideal location in D:\?
Just D:\My Documents or D:\......?

Thanks! S

 

[Rich Barry]

Check at Kelly's http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm Select M
and scroll to MyDocuments Move

 

[Rock]

Win XP HE SP1
Laptop/no network
Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general


Hi,
"My Documents" folder is over 1 GB and I want to move ti to another hard
drive that I have (partition really) that has plenty of available space:
Thus it would go from C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents to
somewhere in D:\

What is the best way to do that?
Copy and paste in Windows Explorer?
Do it with a command line in DOS?
Some other way?

What's an ideal location in D:\?
Just D:\My Documents or D:\......?

Thanks! S

Download Tweakui, one of the MS powertoys:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Expand the My Computer | Special Folders section. Select My Documents
and Change Location.

 

[sat]

Download Tweakui, one of the MS powertoys:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Expand the My Computer | Special Folders section. Select My Documents
and Change Location.

Thanks but I do not like that download.

 

[WTC]

Win XP HE SP1
Laptop/no network
Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general


Hi,
"My Documents" folder is over 1 GB and I want to move ti to another hard
drive that I have (partition really) that has plenty of available space:
Thus it would go from C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents to
somewhere in D:\

What is the best way to do that?
Copy and paste in Windows Explorer?
Do it with a command line in DOS?
Some other way?

What's an ideal location in D:\?
Just D:\My Documents or D:\......?

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147

The location of your soon to be My Documents would be a personal preference
for you to make. Bur I would suggest a subfolder on the D drive such as
"d:\My Documents".

 

[sat]

Rich, the link on that page there does not work:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_mydocs.htm
........

 

[M and D]

"How to Move Shell Folders (and contents)"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm

Steven

 

[Stubbo_of_Oz]

Thanks but I do not like that download.

Why not? An excellent program!!

But if you want to muck around in the registry yourself, the following
comes from "Registry Guide for Windows"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Windows keeps a number of special folders such as "My Documents",
"Desktop", "Favorites" and the "Start Menu". These folders can be
moved anywhere on you system and the new location updated in this key.

Open your registry and find the key below, listed are all the Windows
special folders.

Note the current location of the folder you want to move, and then
using explorer move the folder to the new location.

Edit the value in the key below for the folder you moved to reflect
the new directory location.

Log off or restart Windows for the changes to take effect.


Settings:
User Key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
User Shell Folders]


Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee
that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be
solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: September 19, 2002

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Download and install Tweakui. Open Tweakui and go to My Computer -
Special Folders and select My Documents from the drop down list and
click Change.

Microsoft PowerToys - Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1
and later
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp

TweakUI can be accessed from Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
Windows XP

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310147

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:

| Win XP HE SP1
| Laptop/no network
| Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
|
|
| Hi,
| "My Documents" folder is over 1 GB and I want to move ti to another hard
| drive that I have (partition really) that has plenty of available space:
| Thus it would go from C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents to
| somewhere in D:\
|
| What is the best way to do that?
| Copy and paste in Windows Explorer?
| Do it with a command line in DOS?
| Some other way?
|
| What's an ideal location in D:\?
| Just D:\My Documents or D:\......?
|
| Thanks! S

 

[Rock]

Thanks but I do not like that download.

Ok, though I'm not really sure what you mean. It's a great program and
one you should have. It is excellent for making a variety of changes
without actually having to edit the registry manually which can have
unwanted negative consequences.

 

[Thomas Wendell]

IF I remember correctly, you just grap it in Explorer with the Right button
and drag to another drive, drop and select "move".
It should update on your next logon...(?)
Alternatively, use TweakUI from M$
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
(about half way down.. don't take Itanium one..,.)


As to where to put it, I have it as E:\Text
(had to use TweakUI for that name change)



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[Guest]

To do that read kb310147

 

[sat]

Ok, though I'm not really sure what you mean. It's a great program and
one you should have. It is excellent for making a variety of changes
without actually having to edit the registry manually which can have
unwanted negative consequences.

I'm not sure. I had downloaded it and it started changing/hiding
control panel options/icons, etc. without me specifying it, etc.
Perhaps, I had inadvertendly done so, I dt know.....

 

[sat]

How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310147

Tx. That is what I did.

 

[Rock]

sat wrote:

I'm not sure. I had downloaded it and it started changing/hiding
control panel options/icons, etc. without me specifying it, etc.
Perhaps, I had inadvertendly done so, I dt know.....

Never heard of tweakui changing anything without the user clicking on
something in the program.

 

[Talahasee]

Win XP HE SP1
Laptop/no network
Follow-up to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general


Hi,
"My Documents" folder is over 1 GB and I want to move ti to another hard
drive that I have (partition really) that has plenty of available space:
Thus it would go from C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents to
somewhere in D:\

What is the best way to do that?
Copy and paste in Windows Explorer?
Do it with a command line in DOS?
Some other way?

What's an ideal location in D:\?
Just D:\My Documents or D:\......?

Thanks! S

Yeah, I've found that my porn collection (wink) is MUCH
larger than my docs (text) collection.

I have 1.5 Gb of documents.

I have over 10 Gb of porn.

That's why I keep my porn in a separate folder, I call
"Porn".

wink

Catch my drift?

I have something like 5 CDs full of document backups

I have roughly 4 sets of those backups, meaning something
like 20 or 25 CDs just for my documents backups. (I'm a
writer/artist/photographer)

I have something like 15 or 20 CDs for my "other stuff."
Art, photography, etc.

And some 3 sets of all that.

That is why I have a 250 Mb zip drive (external), a 2nd CD
burner (external), and a 80 Gb external Hdd.

I HIGHLY recommend the 250 Mb zip drive (quick backups), the
2nd CD burner (I can be restoring and backing up at the same
time with 2 high-speed drives), and the external hdd is my
main backup for quick-and-dirty between burns, and it holds
ALL my install s/w other than XP, obviously, and Office 97.

But DO burn EVERYTHING-- in cluding all your install stuff--
to CD.

And have MULTIPLE backups.

Tallahassee

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Create a My Documents folder in another partition and copy ( not move ) the
contents of My Documents to your new folder. Then delete the files in your
My Documents folder ( if you encounter problems deleting use Shift + Delete
to bypass the Recycle Bin ). You will also need to change Default File
locations in the Microsoft Office programmes you use. For Word go to Tools,
Options, File Locations, highlight Documents, click on Modify and change
file path. For Excel go to Tools, Options, General and change default file
path.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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