Setting "My Documents" and "My Pictures" to the same dir really not possible ?

[Kevin Yu]

I tried to set both system folders "My pictures" and "My documents" to the same folder

D:\mydata

The first assignment works without problems in MS Powertoy TweakUI->My Computer->SpecialFolders

However when I try to assign the second folder to D:\mydata suddenly the OK button gets greyed out/disabled
in the well known TweakUI Powertoys.

Why ?

Is there another way/tool for assignment ?

Can I edit (which ?) registry keys directly ?

Kevin

 

[Newbie Coder]

Kevin,

Both folders are special folders & Windows will get confused with the same
setting hence it won't allow you to change it. You can do it manually, but I
DON'T recommend you doing it.

START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press ENTER

Naviagate to:


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

In the right pane...


Here is why you shouldn't do it (simple programming example in VB.NET):


Imports System.Environment

Dim strDocs As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.Personal)
Dim strPics As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.MyPictures)

Would then return the same directory, which is the same in Windows

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)

I tried to set both system folders "My pictures" and "My documents" to the same folder

D:\mydata

The first assignment works without problems in MS Powertoy TweakUI->My Computer->SpecialFolders

However when I try to assign the second folder to D:\mydata suddenly the

OK button gets greyed out/disabled

 

[Kelly]

Hi Kevin,

Some info:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

To get an account's My Documents folder to appear in Windows Explorer (Files
stored on this computer), add/edit a key in the DocFolderPaths branch like
so:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths]
"user"="C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents"

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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