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Setting "My Documents" and "My Pictures" to the same dir really not possible ?
I tried to set both system folders "My pictures" and "My documents" to the same folder
D:\mydata The first assignment works without problems in MS Powertoy TweakUI-My Computer-SpecialFolders However when I try to assign the second folder to D:\mydata suddenly the OK button gets greyed out/disabled in the well known TweakUI Powertoys. Why ? Is there another way/tool for assignment ? Can I edit (which ?) registry keys directly ? Kevin |
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Setting "My Documents" and "My Pictures" to the same dir really not possible ?
Kevin,
Both folders are special folders & Windows will get confused with the same setting hence it won't allow you to change it. You can do it manually, but I DON'T recommend you doing it. START | RUN | Type 'regedit' (without quotes) & press ENTER Naviagate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders In the right pane... Here is why you shouldn't do it (simple programming example in VB.NET): Imports System.Environment Dim strDocs As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.Personal) Dim strPics As String = GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder.MyPictures) Would then return the same directory, which is the same in Windows -- Newbie Coder (It's just a name) "Kevin Yu" wrote in message ... I tried to set both system folders "My pictures" and "My documents" to the same folder D:\mydata The first assignment works without problems in MS Powertoy TweakUI-My Computer-SpecialFolders However when I try to assign the second folder to D:\mydata suddenly the OK button gets greyed out/disabled in the well known TweakUI Powertoys. Why ? Is there another way/tool for assignment ? Can I edit (which ?) registry keys directly ? Kevin |
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Setting "My Documents" and "My Pictures" to the same dir really not possible ?
Hi Kevin,
Some info: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders To get an account's My Documents folder to appear in Windows Explorer (Files stored on this computer), add/edit a key in the DocFolderPaths branch like so: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths] "user"="C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents" -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Kevin Yu" wrote in message ... I tried to set both system folders "My pictures" and "My documents" to the same folder D:\mydata The first assignment works without problems in MS Powertoy TweakUI-My Computer-SpecialFolders However when I try to assign the second folder to D:\mydata suddenly the OK button gets greyed out/disabled in the well known TweakUI Powertoys. Why ? Is there another way/tool for assignment ? Can I edit (which ?) registry keys directly ? Kevin |
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