Saving data on drive D:

My new laptop came with a partitioned hard drive (75Gb on each of two
drives).

Drive D is for data but the default locations for my Music, Pictures,
Documents, etc. is drive C.

How do I change this in Vista? I want my programs on C (where they
are) and my Music, Pictures, Documents and Videos on drive D - and I
want Vista to know this without me having to change folder every time.

Thanks in advance.

Bobby

Hi,

Open your user profile (C:\Users\<user>) and right click the Documents
folder, choose properties. On the Location tab, click "move". Repeat for
other user data directories.

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"Bobby" <> wrote in message
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> My new laptop came with a partitioned hard drive (75Gb on each of two
> drives).
>
> Drive D is for data but the default locations for my Music, Pictures,
> Documents, etc. is drive C.
>
> How do I change this in Vista? I want my programs on C (where they
> are) and my Music, Pictures, Documents and Videos on drive D - and I
> want Vista to know this without me having to change folder every time.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bobby

"Bobby" <> wrote in message
news:26859b11-b1ce-40a5-9b7a-...
> My new laptop came with a partitioned hard drive (75Gb on each of two
> drives).
>
> Drive D is for data but the default locations for my Music, Pictures,
> Documents, etc. is drive C.
>
> How do I change this in Vista? I want my programs on C (where they
> are) and my Music, Pictures, Documents and Videos on drive D - and I
> want Vista to know this without me having to change folder every time.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bobby


Right-click on Documents, choose Properties and on the Location tab, do
Move.
Repeat the process with any other folders you want to move.

Bobby;652468 Wrote:
> My new laptop came with a partitioned hard drive (75Gb on each of tw
> drives)
>
> Drive D is for data but the default locations for my Music, Pictures
> Documents, etc. is drive C
>
> How do I change this in Vista? I want my programs on C (where the
> are) and my Music, Pictures, Documents and Videos on drive D - and
> want Vista to know this without me having to change folder every time
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Bobb

To relocate the "Music" link in the start menu:
- Click the "Start Orb
- Right-click on "Music", then select "Properties
- Click the "Location" ta
- Click the "Move..." butto
- In the "Select a Destination" window, browse into the folde
"D:\Music" (Create it if you don't already have one). -The destinatio
folder should preferably NOT be a drive root folder-
- Click "Select Folder
- Click "Apply
- Wait for Windows to move the xisting contents (if any) of th
previous location. If you get any messages that a file exists in th
destination (such as "desktop.ini", etc), allow the copy to overwrit
the existing file
- When the move is complete, click "OK"The "Music" icon on the Start Menu will now open to "D:\Music"
This technique will also work for the following user profile "folders":
- *Contacts
- Deskto
- *Documents
- *Downloads
- *Favorites
- Link
- *Music
- *Pictures
- Saved Game
- *Searches
- *Videos*You can see these "user profile folders" by clicking on the Start Orb
then clicking your user name. The ones I've highlighted in *bold* ar
usually the ones that I move to alternate locations

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