Re: Default location of "My Documents"

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This would be problematic to accomplish after the fact. The following KB
article outlines how to change this location at installation though:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621
Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder

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"MrNaughty" > wrote in message
...
> C:\Documents and Settings\USER.HERE\
> and
> C:\Documents and Settings\
> and
> C:\Documents and Settings\USER.HERE\Application Data
> I use Drive image and often re-install image of C: drive, and often new
application settings, which
> i installed are lost.
> My Q. is how to change that location? I changed Favorites My Documents
path to other partition, but
> "C:\Documents and Settings\MrNaughty" cannot be changed.
> Thanks In Advance

[MrNaughty]

Thanks, I used some tweaks already b4, so I can't copy "User Profile" as per MS after windows has
been installed.
agrrrr

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:30:25 -0500, "Doug Knox MS-MVP" > wrote:

:>This would be problematic to accomplish after the fact. The following KB
:>article outlines how to change this location at installation though:
:>
:>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621
:>Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder