My Documents folders

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Running Win XP Pro ... NTFS file system ... several user accounts

1.
How can I change the location of My Documents to somewhere other than the
default? Eg, another drive.

2.
How can I get the shortcuts to "A's Documents" "B's documents", etc out of
the My Computer window?

TIA
Andrew
 
1) TweakUI for Windows XP. My Computer, Special Folders section.

2) Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders

Right click on the {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} sub-key and select Export. This creates a backup, just in case. The right click the {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee} subkey and select Delete. Close any open Explorer windows, or simply press F5 to refresh the view.
 
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