I thought I had posted to answer this, Vital, but I don't receive my own posts, so I can't tell for sure. You are exactly right, there are internal pointers to My Documents that will NOT be maintained unless you relocate the folder in a particular way (applications will not "know" the new location "automatically" - they depend on pointers maintained within Windows). If you want to email me privately, I'll send you the post again with the step-by-step instructions. I know for certain this method works correctly to maintain all of the internal links and pointers to My Documents that both the Windows OS and other applications depend on. Otherwise, what you have is just a folder that happens to be named "My Documents," but it is not THE Windows's special folder "My Documents." [log in to unmask] --AnnaSummers
----- Original Message -----
From: Vital Tremblay
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: My documents folder
I was thinking this way to, But finaly I have realized that this is
not the case. None of the application follows the new "My Document"
folder. I was thinking it may have a registry key somewhere but
couldn't find it. I was wondering someone could know how to do that?
Vital Tremblay
2009/7/8 Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]>:
> I believe most programs will 'know" the new location automatically,
> but you'll have to double check.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Vital Tremblay<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Ok thanks Hugh. I must add something I have not carfully explain.
>>
>> The main thing I would like is a way to make windows xp understand
>> that the "My documents" folder is somewhere else. So when application
>> that use this folder open, the will used in this folder instead of the
>> old "My documents" location. Also, sometime some program setup
>> something in this folder. So it is very difficult to setup all
>> software in a way they only use the new "My documents" location
>> instead of the old one. That's the main problem I have.
>>
>> Vital Tremblay
>>
>> 2009/7/7 Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]>:
>>> Not a bad idea, but your plan should include regular backups.
>>> To move My Docs:
>>> Rt-clcik/Properties/Move
>>> Or, you can use the tweakui utility:
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Vital Tremblay<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> Hi I wonder if it is possible under windows XP professionnal to change
>>>> the drive where the "My documents" are located? I would like to do
>>>> that because it would be safer when I reformat for a fresh
>>>> installation. No need to save my document. At least I thing! Is it?
>>>> Anyway I would like to do this for easier document finding (lesser deap path).
>
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