Guest pajudd Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a non-system partition (obviously!) However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of my folders. How can I turn Target back on? (Or some other way of moving My Documents?) Thank you, Peter
Guest pajudd Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 RE: Target Tab missing Sorry, forgot to add that I have checked the following and found no such reg value. Peter This happens if the DisablePersonalDirChange policy setting exists. For stand-alone systems, to get back the missing buttons, open Regedit and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer In the right-pane, delete the DisablePersonalDirChange value. -------------------------------- "pajudd" wrote: > I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a > non-system partition (obviously!) > However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of > my folders. > How can I turn Target back on? > (Or some other way of moving My Documents?) > Thank you, > Peter
Guest Malke Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Target Tab missing pajudd wrote: > I would like to change the location of the My Documents folder to a > non-system partition (obviously!) > However, there is no Target Tab in the (right click) properties for any of > my folders. > How can I turn Target back on? > (Or some other way of moving My Documents?) > Thank you, > Peter Easiest way: Control Panel>Display>Desktop>Customize button. Put the My Documents folder on your Desktop (I also like to have My Computer there). Now right-click on that My Documents folder and choose Properties. You will now see where you can Move it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest pajudd Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Target Tab missing Malke, Well aren't you a wondrous addition to the universe! Perhaps you could also speculate why the evil MS Empire conspired in the first place to put Docs and Sys stuff on the same partition? This concept has greatly increased my computer tutoring income by chasing clients lost files and mangled systems. You see they found backups daunting (ie.e didn't do them) mostly because of said glaring error. Thanks a heap. Peter
Guest Malke Posted September 20, 2008 Posted September 20, 2008 Re: Target Tab missing pajudd wrote: > Malke, > Well aren't you a wondrous addition to the universe! > > Perhaps you could also speculate why the evil MS Empire conspired in the > first place to put Docs and Sys stuff on the same partition? This concept > has greatly increased my computer tutoring income by chasing clients lost > files and mangled systems. You see they found backups daunting (ie.e > didn't do them) mostly because of said glaring error. I can't tell from your post whether my advice helped and solved your issue or you're just being sarcastic. I hope the former. As for your other questions, I can't possibly answer why Microsoft designed their software the way they did. If you consider the company evil, use something else. OS X puts data on the same partition as the operating system by default (although you can certainly change it). I'm very happy with my Mac but of course it isn't Open Source. Most Linux distros put /home in a separate partition; if the distro you're interested in doesn't do this by default you can always mount /home where you want it. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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