Changing the directory of "My Document" and "Program Files".

[Nimo]

Everytime when I want to save a document, pictures or whatsoever, the first
folder Windows Xp will point to is the default "My Document" folder. Same
goes to installing a program, Win Xp will do the same. How do I tell the Win
Xp to point to the folder that I decided without browsing to the desired
folder manually? Thanks in advance.

[DL]

Some Apps have a setting that allows you to select a default save path

"Nimo" <none> wrote in message ...
> Everytime when I want to save a document, pictures or whatsoever, the
first
> folder Windows Xp will point to is the default "My Document" folder. Same
> goes to installing a program, Win Xp will do the same. How do I tell the
Win
> Xp to point to the folder that I decided without browsing to the desired
> folder manually? Thanks in advance.
>
>

[Nimo]

Yes, some applications do have an option which helps you to change the
default path like MS Word. When saving a picture from a web, Win Xp straight
brings you to "My Document" default folder.

I want to change the directory as I want to separate the documents, pictures
and etc away from the C:/ partition. Thanks for your reply.

[Sharon F]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:22:17 +0100, Nimo wrote:

> Yes, some applications do have an option which helps you to change the
> default path like MS Word. When saving a picture from a web, Win Xp straight
> brings you to "My Document" default folder.
>
> I want to change the directory as I want to separate the documents, pictures
> and etc away from the C:/ partition. Thanks for your reply.

Right click on "My Documents" and select the Properties. Click the Move
button. Fill in the on screen prompts to finish.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Nimo]

Thanks a lot.