Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to another? I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and somewhere along the line, I managed the same with "MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point of contact for this... ? -- PeteCresswell
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Changing Drive For "My..." Folders: One-Stop Shopping? (PeteCresswell) <x@y.Invalid> wrote: > Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all > the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to > another? > > I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and > somewhere along the line, I managed the same with > "MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point > of contact for this... > > ? Are you using AD? If so, use folder redirection via group policy.
Guest dobey Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: Changing Drive For "My..." Folders: One-Stop Shopping? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message news:jd9kb35ourqr2tsag2uh3u8jscf5fuvfgh@4ax.com... > Is there a single registry entry that will cascade down to all > the "My..." directory locations and change them from one drive to > another? > > I've been coercing "Favorites" with a specific registry entry and > somewhere along the line, I managed the same with > "MyDocuments"... but it seems like there should be a single point > of contact for this... > > ? > -- > PeteCresswell Are you saying you want "My Documents" and all of its sub folders to save to another drive? The easiest way to do this is to show My Documents on the desktop using Display Properties > Desktop > customize desktop, check the My Documents box. On the desktop, right click the My Documents icon > properties and change the path under the Target tab. This must be done with the system placed icon as the Target tab won't appear under properties if you created the shortcut yourself. I think TweakUI allows these save locations to be changed also.
Guest (PeteCresswell) Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 Re: Changing Drive For "My..." Folders: One-Stop Shopping? Per dobey: >The easiest way to do this is to show My Documents on the desktop using >Display Properties > Desktop > customize desktop, check the My Documents >box. Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. -- PeteCresswell
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