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moving "my documents" folder to other volume
Hello Everyone,
I have created 2 volumes on 80GB HDD with XP professional. The 1st volume of 20GB is for the O.S. and the 2nd volume of remaining GB's dedicated to applications and data. Upon original installation the O.S. created the owner profile. How can I move the default "My documents" folder to the 2nd volume? Also,can I relocate the entire profile for any user I create to the 2nd volume. Please advise. Humbly appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Joe |
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Joe wrote:
Hello Everyone, I have created 2 volumes on 80GB HDD with XP professional. The 1st volume of 20GB is for the O.S. and the 2nd volume of remaining GB's dedicated to applications and data. Upon original installation the O.S. created the owner profile. How can I move the default "My documents" folder to the 2nd volume? Also,can I relocate the entire profile for any user I create to the 2nd volume. Please advise. Humbly appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Joe Moving the My Documents folder is easy enough: How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147 Moving the Documents and Settings\user account folder is NOT recommended. This can be a highly problematic procedure and has many kinky issues. Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=236621 -- Regards, Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit. http://www.dts-l.org http://www.mvps.org |
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Joe wrote:
Hello Everyone, I have created 2 volumes on 80GB HDD with XP professional. The 1st volume of 20GB is for the O.S. and the 2nd volume of remaining GB's dedicated to applications and data. Upon original installation the O.S. created the owner profile. How can I move the default "My documents" folder to the 2nd volume? Also,can I relocate the entire profile for any user I create to the 2nd volume. Please advise. Humbly appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Joe In W98, all you have to do to move the My Doc folder is to drag it to the new location with the mouse. Haven't tried it with XP but it probably can be done just as easily. gm |
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Hi Joe,
Moving the Documents and Settings folder can be done, just a little troublesome. You will need to change between 50 to 100 registry keys or more depending on what stuff is installed. There are a few net sites that list how to do it. I have done it on 15 machines at work, cause we want to keep the Documents and setting on D drive. These are new machines that Dell said they couldn`t image them with it on D drive, but I know they can. If you like instructions on how to do it, email me at hell- I would post the site where its listed, but I didn`t save it. Jeff -----Original Message----- Hello Everyone, I have created 2 volumes on 80GB HDD with XP professional. The 1st volume of 20GB is for the O.S. and the 2nd volume of remaining GB's dedicated to applications and data. Upon original installation the O.S. created the owner profile. How can I move the default "My documents" folder to the 2nd volume? Also,can I relocate the entire profile for any user I create to the 2nd volume. Please advise. Humbly appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Joe . |
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moving "my documents" folder to other volume
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Hello Everyone, I have created 2 volumes on 80GB HDD with XP professional. The 1st volume of 20GB is for the O.S. and the 2nd volume of remaining GB's dedicated to applications and data. Upon original installation the O.S. created the owner profile. How can I move the default "My documents" folder to the 2nd volume? Also,can I relocate the entire profile for any user I create to the 2nd volume. Please advise. Humbly appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Joe Hey Joe - its dead easy to move "My Documents"!! Go to:- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx and download TweakUI After you instal it, look in the tree on the left and click on the + next to "My Computer" then click on "Special Folders". Now look for and select "My Documents" in the drop down menu and click on "Change Location" Do the same for all the folders you want to move. -- The Aussie Bomber Carn The Dons!! |
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Aussie Bomber wrote:
Hey Joe - its dead easy to move "My Documents"!! Go to:- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx and download TweakUI After you instal it, look in the tree on the left and click on the + next to "My Computer" then click on "Special Folders". Now look for and select "My Documents" in the drop down menu and click on "Change Location" Do the same for all the folders you want to move. My Documents is not listed in the TweakUI special folders list. This utility only creates a new folder at the target location and does not move any files in that folder. Better touse the easy steps in this article. How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147 -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User |
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