Documents and Settings
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Does anyone know how to change the location of Documents and Settings in Windows XP? (2b || !2b)
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Does anyone know how to change the location of Documents and Settings in Windows XP? (2b || !2b)
In 2K you just right-click the My Documents item on the desktop and change the dir on the Target page. XP might be the same. --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
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In 2K you just right-click the My Documents item on the desktop and change the dir on the Target page. XP might be the same. --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
Michael Dunn wrote: In 2K you just right-click the My Documents item on the desktop and change the dir on the Target page. XP might be the same. I tried that to but I don' think that is exactly what he is asking as that only moves the My Documents, not the rest of the folders (like Favourites, Cookies, Desktop, Local Settings etc.) I don't have access to a 2k server at the moment but apparently you change it in the Group Policies manager. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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Michael Dunn wrote: In 2K you just right-click the My Documents item on the desktop and change the dir on the Target page. XP might be the same. I tried that to but I don' think that is exactly what he is asking as that only moves the My Documents, not the rest of the folders (like Favourites, Cookies, Desktop, Local Settings etc.) I don't have access to a 2k server at the moment but apparently you change it in the Group Policies manager. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
Ah, you're right. That'll teach me to post at 9 AM before I'm fully awake. ;) --Mike-- My really out-of-date homepage "Hey, you wanna go to the Espresso Pump and get sugared up on mochas?" -- Willow Rosenberg Sonork - 100.10414 AcidHelm Big fan of Alyson Hannigan.
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Does anyone know how to change the location of Documents and Settings in Windows XP? (2b || !2b)
Not sure about WinXP, but I imagine it to be the same as Win2k. Take a look at KB article Q236621. I have done it before, took me the whole evening to do it. It was a pain so from that time on I made sure I picked a large enough partition to install NT/2K... Hope this helps.
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Does anyone know how to change the location of Documents and Settings in Windows XP? (2b || !2b)
Try TweakUI from Microsoft, it is available free of charge for XP. With this tool you can change the folder for 'my documents' (I don't know the exact English name, in German it is 'Eigene Dateien' :-) This changes the registry key only, you still have to copy the files manually. I suggest the following sequence: 1) Create the new folder 2) Copy all files to the new folder (including subdirectories). Be careful to copy hidden files also ! 3) Change the setting with TweakUI, make sure you safe the current setting somewhere (e.g. copy and paste) 4) Test if the new setting is working (at least some days before performing the next step !) 5) Delete the old folder (optional) Regards Josef Schroettle
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Try TweakUI from Microsoft, it is available free of charge for XP. With this tool you can change the folder for 'my documents' (I don't know the exact English name, in German it is 'Eigene Dateien' :-) This changes the registry key only, you still have to copy the files manually. I suggest the following sequence: 1) Create the new folder 2) Copy all files to the new folder (including subdirectories). Be careful to copy hidden files also ! 3) Change the setting with TweakUI, make sure you safe the current setting somewhere (e.g. copy and paste) 4) Test if the new setting is working (at least some days before performing the next step !) 5) Delete the old folder (optional) Regards Josef Schroettle
TweakUI is easist but if you want to do it by hand look here; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders