changing the location of the "shared documents" folder

[rolf]

i want the "shared documents" folder to be kept on my D:
drive and not my C: drive. How do I change this??

[Thorsten Matzner]

"rolf" > wrote:

>i want the "shared documents" folder to be kept on my D:
>drive and not my C: drive. How do I change this??

This is the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\SHARED DOCUMENTS
folder. Try moving it with the Windows Explorer.

--
(tm)

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

That won't work in this case, although many user shell folders respond
to right-click moves in Windows Explorer. You need to change the
registry key in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Us
er Shell Folders for Common Documents and in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Sh
ell Folders for other folders that are inside the current Common
Documents folder.

Then cut/paste the contents from one location to the other. You have to
logoff/logon to see the changes.

See my article "How To Move the Shell Folders"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm
for details on all the user shell folders.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows


"Thorsten Matzner" > wrote in
message ...
> "rolf" > wrote:
>
> >i want the "shared documents" folder to be kept on my D:
> >drive and not my C: drive. How do I change this??
>
> This is the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\SHARED DOCUMENTS
> folder. Try moving it with the Windows Explorer.
>
> --
> (tm)

[Ingvar Kreft]

So if I want to move "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS" and all folders in that
folder.
My first step is to create a new folder "D:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS".
Then I can move the folder "All users", "USER1", "USER2"

What will happend if I just move the folder "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS" to
my D disk.
will XP still change in the registry?

/Ingo

"Kent W. England [MVP]" > skrev i meddelandet
...
> That won't work in this case, although many user shell folders respond
> to right-click moves in Windows Explorer. You need to change the
> registry key in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Us
> er Shell Folders for Common Documents and in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Sh
> ell Folders for other folders that are inside the current Common
> Documents folder.
>
> Then cut/paste the contents from one location to the other. You have to
> logoff/logon to see the changes.
>
> See my article "How To Move the Shell Folders"
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm
> for details on all the user shell folders.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
> "Thorsten Matzner" > wrote in
> message ...
> > "rolf" > wrote:
> >
> > >i want the "shared documents" folder to be kept on my D:
> > >drive and not my C: drive. How do I change this??
> >
> > This is the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\SHARED DOCUMENTS
> > folder. Try moving it with the Windows Explorer.
> >
> > --
> > (tm)
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

No. You can't move Documents and Settings after XP is installed. We were
talking about the Shared Documents (C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Documents) User Shell Folder. That has nothing to do with the
location of D&S and you can't infer anything about moving D&S from what
I said.

If you move D&S to D:, you won't be able to logon to any accounts. XP
might not even boot.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Ingvar Kreft" > wrote in
message ...

> So if I want to move "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS" and all folders in
that
> folder.
> My first step is to create a new folder "D:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS".
> Then I can move the folder "All users", "USER1", "USER2"
>
> What will happend if I just move the folder "C:\DOCUMENTS AND
SETTINGS" to
> my D disk.
> will XP still change in the registry?
>
> /Ingo
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" > skrev i meddelandet
> ...
> > That won't work in this case, although many user shell folders
respond
> > to right-click moves in Windows Explorer. You need to change the
> > registry key in
> >
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Us
> > er Shell Folders for Common Documents and in
> >
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Sh
> > ell Folders for other folders that are inside the current Common
> > Documents folder.
> >
> > Then cut/paste the contents from one location to the other. You have
to
> > logoff/logon to see the changes.
> >
> > See my article "How To Move the Shell Folders"
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm
> > for details on all the user shell folders.
> >
> > --
> > Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> > "Thorsten Matzner" > wrote in
> > message ...
> > > "rolf" > wrote:
> > >
> > > >i want the "shared documents" folder to be kept on my D:
> > > >drive and not my C: drive. How do I change this??
> > >
> > > This is the C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\SHARED DOCUMENTS
> > > folder. Try moving it with the Windows Explorer.
> > >
> > > --
> > > (tm)
> >
>
>