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      05-13-2009
Is it possible to move the My Documents folder to another drive?
It was allot easier in Windows XP!!
 
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      05-13-2009
nowt wrote:
> Is it possible to move the My Documents folder to another drive?
> It was allot easier in Windows XP!!


Not much different in Vista.
Right-Click on the Documents Folder, choose Properties, same as XP, and
click on the Location tab.
There, that was hard, wasn't it?

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      05-13-2009
nowt wrote:
> Is it possible to move the My Documents folder to another drive?
> It was allot easier in Windows XP!!


Also be aware that Vista does NOT use the "My" prefix. Your documents
folder is located at C:/Users/{Your User Name}/Documents.
If you are trying to move the "My Documents" folder you can't because it
is not a folder and doesn't contain your documents. It's a junction
point only.

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      05-13-2009
You do it basically the same way you did in XP. See this link from my
website:
http://www.winuser.co.uk/windows_vis..._location.html

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