My Documents Folder Location

[jslow]

Hi,
I tried to move My Documents folder (per MS Article ID 310147) from C drive
(where OS is) to N:\John\My Documents. Bothof these drives are partitions on
the same hard drive.
I then tried to restore My Documents folder back to my C drive (as described
in above article).
Now when I save a Word document with Save As, it still wants to save to
N:\John\My Documents.
If I click on "Tools", "Options", "File Locations" in a Word document, it
still lists documents to be sent to N:\John\My Documents.
If I click on Modify and type in folder name as: C:\Documents &
Settings\John\My Documents, I get the following message:
"Microsoft Word
The folder C:\Documents & Settings\John\My Documents isn't accessible.
The folder may be located in an unavailable location, protected with a
password, or the file name contains a / or\.
OK"
Is there any way to change the Save As location from N:\John\MyDocuments to
C:\Documents & Settings\John\My Documents so that my Word documents will go
back to my C drive.

Thanks for any suggestions.
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[Jay Freedman]

If what's in your post is exactly what you typed, the problem may be that the
name of the folder under the root of C: is "Documents and Settings" -- with the
"and" spelled out, not as an ampersand.

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[Tony Jollans]

I have set up systems with My Documents on a different drive, but only by
configuring it at the Windows install stage. Trying to do it later, whatever
the article says, is liable to lead to issues. Special folder details are
scattered throughout the registry, and the folders themselves are used in
various different ways by different applications.

If it isn't the simple issue Jay suggests, make sure, first of all, that you
reboot the machine; then check that you can access the folder correctly with
Explorer before trying again in Word. If it still claims to be inaccessible,
see if it helps to start Word in safe mode (hold Ctrl while starting Word).
If not, you may have a long slow job trying to isolate the problem and I'm
not sure I'm qualified to help, but do come back if you get stuck.

 

[jslow]

Hi Jay & Tony,

Thanks for your replies.

Jay, the suggestion you made worked. I typed Documents and Settings instead
of Documents & Settings and it changed location for Word documents to
C:\Documents and Settings\John\My Documents as I wanted it to change.

Thanks again for the help.

jslow