Modifying the location of "My Documents" - is it possible?

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No need to do any registry editing, let the GUI/shell do it for you.
Right click on the My Documents icon on the desktop, select Properties,
select the Target tab and then click Move, then browse to and select the
required location. Apply and you will be asked if you wish to move the
contents of the current folder to the new location.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


paulo_v@coldmail.com <paulo_v@coldmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to tell Windows that the "My Documents" folder is on my
> "D:" disk and not my "C:" disk?
>
> Registry update?

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It is not difficult to do in the Registry with Regedit.

You can change the value of Personal in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

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

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

....Alan
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Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/index.html

In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, paulo_v@coldmail.com wrote:

>... and if I don't have a "My Documents" icon cluttering up my
>desktop?...
>
>TIA

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Either use Alan's method or temporarily put the My Documents icon on the
desktop, use it to change the location of My Documents and then remove the
icon. To add/remove the icon from the desktop check or uncheck as
appropriate the setting found towards the bottom of Folder Options | View
accessed either from the Control Panel or when in Windows Explorer through
Tools.
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Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


paulo_v@coldmail.com <paulo_v@coldmail.com> wrote:

> ... and if I don't have a "My Documents" icon cluttering up my
> desktop?...

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 at 12:00:47, (paulo_v@coldmail.com) wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 09:47:28 -0000, "Mike M"
><No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote:
>
>>Either use Alan's method or temporarily put the My Documents icon on the
>>desktop, use it to change the location of My Documents and then remove the
>>icon. To add/remove the icon from the desktop check or uncheck as
>>appropriate the setting found towards the bottom of Folder Options | View
>>accessed either from the Control Panel or when in Windows Explorer through
>>Tools.
>
>Thanks Mike - I'll do it that way - safer for me.
>
>--
>paulo
>
You shouldn't need to add it to the desktop if you still have "my
computer" on your desktop

double click "my computer"
then click on the up arrow button to go up the tree
you can then see my documents when you can right click and change the
location as previously described
--
Mike