Welcome to WinForumz.com!
FAQFAQ      ProfileProfile    Private MessagesPrivate Messages   Log inLog in

Moving "My Documents" folder.

 
   Windows XP (Home) -> XP General Discussion RSS
Next:  DVD/CDRW cannot read CD or DVD  
Author Message
Ted Thomasson

External


Since: Dec 05, 2006
Posts: 3



(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:01 pm
Post subject: Moving "My Documents" folder.
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>general (more info?)

Hi all,

Can anyone tell me how to change the default location of "My Documents" from
the C: drive to the D: drive. I'm running xp pro sp2 & want to put it on a
seperate drive for safety sake, like a backup.

Thanks,

Ted.

 >> Stay informed about: Moving "My Documents" folder. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Rock

External


Since: Sep 09, 2006
Posts: 2690



(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Moving "My Documents" folder. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"Ted Thomasson" wrote

> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me how to change the default location of "My Documents"
> from
> the C: drive to the D: drive. I'm running xp pro sp2 & want to put it on a
> seperate drive for safety sake, like a backup.

Download TweakUI, one of the Microsoft powertoys. That has a section with
settings to move these special folders.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

 >> Stay informed about: Moving "My Documents" folder. 
Back to top
Login to vote
DL

External


Since: Jul 01, 2006
Posts: 2482



(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:02 pm
Post subject: Re: Moving "My Documents" folder. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

rt click My Documents icon>Properties>Move

"Ted Thomasson" <eth13266.DeleteThis@nospambigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:ZHgdh.3082$HU.1394@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone tell me how to change the default location of "My Documents"
from
> the C: drive to the D: drive. I'm running xp pro sp2 & want to put it on a
> seperate drive for safety sake, like a backup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ted.
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Moving "My Documents" folder. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Ken Blake MVP

External


Since: Feb 19, 2004
Posts: 2594



(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:40 pm
Post subject: Re: Moving "My Documents" folder. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Ted Thomasson wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to change the default location of "My
> Documents" from the C: drive to the D: drive. I'm running xp pro sp2
> & want to put it on a seperate drive for safety sake, like a backup.




Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so just
fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup doesn't get to
see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for those who read all the
newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they see the message multiple
times instead of once (they would see it only once if you correctly
crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's time, and gets you poorer help
than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please do so
by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

Please see "What is the accepted way to share a message across multiple
newsgroups?" at http://smjg.port5.com/faqs/usenet/xpost.html

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
 >> Stay informed about: Moving "My Documents" folder. 
Back to top
Login to vote
Display posts from previous:   
Related Topics:
Moving many files from subfolders to parent folder. - Hi, got a problem. (Who knew) Got a folder for logs from a single program, been running this program for a long time and each day a new log is created. Unfortunately I didn't setup this program as I thought I did. Each log is named dd-mm-yyyy.txt, th...

Print multiple Documents from one folder - I have a few hundred Adobe docs that I am trying to print out at one time without opening all of the documents. Is this possible? Thanks, Judd

Cannot Access My Documents After HD Problems - A friend gave me his machine to look at after it "Suddenly" failed to start up. It would get as far as the BIOS screen and then restart. I replaced the drive with a new one with XP installed and set as master and set his old drive to be the ...

How will new profile effect my documents? - I posted previously about having too many profiles in win xp home. I understand that I can create a new one and delete the other ones. Question: I have many shortcuts to personal files. Im assuming that I will need to re-establish the shortcuts after..

XP - My Documents - wrong users - I have just completed an XP Home installation as well moving files & settings over newtork from my wife's previous Win98SE machine. This all went well, but I have found a problem that I probably caused. (maybe by renaming the users after initial..
   Windows XP (Home) -> XP General Discussion All times are: Eastern Time (US & Canada) (change)
Page 1 of 1

 
You can post new topics in this forum
You can reply to topics in this forum
You can edit your posts in this forum
You can delete your posts in this forum
You can vote in polls in this forum

Categories:
  Windows XP
 Windows Vista!
 Win 2000/NT/98/ME


[ Contact us | Terms of Service/Privacy Policy ]