changing default My documents from C to D
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From: mw on 4 Jun 2010 11:36 How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so that any new users that are added will automatically have the My documents folder routed to a different hard drive (D) instead of ( C )? Thanks
From: Volunteer J on 4 Jun 2010 14:01 mw wrote: > How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that > any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but > on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it > from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so > that any new users that are added will automatically have the My > documents folder routed to a different hard drive (D) instead of ( C > )? > > Thanks ======================================== See the following article: (310147) How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/en-us -- Volunteer J
From: mw on 4 Jun 2010 15:13 Thanks, this is helpful when there is a profile already created but I want the default changed so that if a new user is created it will automatically not save to C "Volunteer J" <oobie(a)doobie.zyx> wrote in message news:hubf2m$588$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > mw wrote: >> How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that >> any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but >> on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it >> from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so >> that any new users that are added will automatically have the My >> documents folder routed to a different hard drive (D) instead of ( C >> )? >> >> Thanks > ======================================== > > See the following article: > > (310147) How to Change the Default Location > of the My Documents Folder > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/en-us > > -- > > Volunteer J >
From: Tim Meddick on 4 Jun 2010 15:44 Change the following registry value to make the change apply to all newly created profiles : [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Personal"="(drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder)" Where you must replace the "drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder" with a valid drive [d:] and path. However, since the old value would be "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" if you use a singe "Static" path for the new value, then ALL profiles will, in future, be using the exact SAME folder as their documents folder! If that's what you want - okay. *NB you should also change these other values (under the same (above) reg-key) : "My Pictures"="(drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder\My Pictures)" In the same way. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "mw" <rmwatrich(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4C1D92F5-BADC-41F9-803C-C252FEB08399(a)microsoft.com... > Thanks, this is helpful when there is a profile already created but I > want the default changed so that if a new user is created it will > automatically not save to C > > "Volunteer J" <oobie(a)doobie.zyx> wrote in message > news:hubf2m$588$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> mw wrote: >>> How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that >>> any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but >>> on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it >>> from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so >>> that any new users that are added will automatically have the My >>> documents folder routed to a different hard drive (D) instead of ( C >>> )? >>> >>> Thanks >> ======================================== >> >> See the following article: >> >> (310147) How to Change the Default Location >> of the My Documents Folder >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/en-us >> >> -- >> >> Volunteer J >>
From: John John - MVP on 4 Jun 2010 16:05
That (HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT) is the System account's profile, Tim. The OP should use the Load Hive feature in Regedit and load the Default User's NTUSER.DAT file, located at C:\Documents and Settings\Default User. John Tim Meddick wrote: > Change the following registry value to make the change apply to all > newly created profiles : > > [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User > Shell Folders] > > "Personal"="(drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder)" > > Where you must replace the "drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder" with a > valid drive [d:] and path. > > However, since the old value would be "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" if > you use a singe "Static" path for the new value, then ALL profiles will, > in future, be using the exact SAME folder as their documents folder! If > that's what you want - okay. > > *NB you should also change these other values (under the same (above) > reg-key) : > > "My Pictures"="(drive:\path-to-new-documents-folder\My Pictures)" > > In the same way. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "mw" <rmwatrich(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4C1D92F5-BADC-41F9-803C-C252FEB08399(a)microsoft.com... >> Thanks, this is helpful when there is a profile already created but I >> want the default changed so that if a new user is created it will >> automatically not save to C >> >> "Volunteer J" <oobie(a)doobie.zyx> wrote in message >> news:hubf2m$588$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >>> mw wrote: >>>> How do I go about changing the default My documents directory so that >>>> any user or new user will have their documents not on the C drive but >>>> on another hard drive? I understand how you can go in and change it >>>> from the users profiles but I want to make the change permanent so >>>> that any new users that are added will automatically have the My >>>> documents folder routed to a different hard drive (D) instead of ( C >>>> )? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>> ======================================== >>> >>> See the following article: >>> >>> (310147) How to Change the Default Location >>> of the My Documents Folder >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/en-us >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Volunteer J >>> > |