Torgeir Bakken (MVP)

[Don J]

Yesturday you left a message for me indicating how to repair a problem
moving a "My Documents" Folder that I had placed on a floppy drive.
However, I did not correctly identify the folder I had moved. It wasn't the
"My Documemts". It was the one on the other side of the link, the one in
the "Profile" folder. Making the registry change you suggest, therefore
moves the wrong folder.

Don Johansen

Don J wrote:

> I've Moved the "My Documents" folder to a removable disk drive. I am now
> unable to reverse it. I have fournd two different methods that are
supposed
> to reverse it. In both methods one starts by right clicking the folder to
> be moved, then clicking the Properties on the context menu. In one you
are
> supposed to click the "move" butten, in the other you are asked to click
the
> "target" tab. In the first case there is no "move" button. In the second
> there is no "target" tab. I assme that in both cases the absence of the
> "move" button or the "target" tab is because the folder on which you are
> working identifies a removable disc drive.

Hi

You can change the path to "My Documents" with a registry update. The "My
Documents" path is in the Personal value under the keys

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

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

(both should be updated)


Here is a VBScript that redirects the pointer to "My Documents" (you need a
logoff/logon to see the change):

"Personal" is the value that is changed (it is placed under two different
registry keys).

' Change to correct path here
sMyDocPath = "U:\"

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\" _
& "Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal", sMyDocPath, "REG_SZ"

oShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\" _
& "Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal", sMyDocPath, "REG_EXPAND_SZ"


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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Don J wrote:

> Yesturday you left a message for me indicating how to repair a problem
> moving a "My Documents" Folder that I had placed on a floppy drive.
> However, I did not correctly identify the folder I had moved. It wasn't the
> "My Documemts". It was the one on the other side of the link, the one in
> the "Profile" folder. Making the registry change you suggest, therefore
> moves the wrong folder.

See other thread.

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torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter