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O.P. Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?


Ok I have been asking a lot of questions recently... vista seems to have made me alive and interested in my computer :)

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I want to change the target of "My Documents" folder in Vista (which is now named as the user's name, in my case "Waqas")

how can i change its location?

I remember in XP I just right clicked the "My Documents" folder and did the "Changed Target Folder" but it isnt there in Vista, so how to do it?
06-08-2007 06:30 PM
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RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
right click on document
click on properties > location
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right click on document
click on properties > location

Duh... It isnt there, that is why i am asking...

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06-08-2007 09:24 PM
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RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
if you go to the start menu then click right click my documents, then click properties, then location.
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if you go to the start menu then click right click my documents, then click properties, then location.

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O.P. RE: RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
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if you go to the start menu then click right click my documents, then click properties, then location.

NO.... It worked but half :/

I did what you said but it just put a short cut of the folder (in my case its the D: drive that I want to make) shortcut to it check the attachment



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RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
the "Waqas" folder isn't My Documents... they changed it so that nothing is put in my documents anymore. "Waqas" is your profile folder.
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O.P. RE: RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
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the "Waqas" folder isn't My Documents... they changed it so that nothing is put in my documents anymore. "Waqas" is your profile folder.

Hmmm.... Ok so how do I move me profile folder??? :)
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RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
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Hmmm.... Ok so how do I move me profile folder??? :)

You don't. Once you create a user, you can't effectively move your profile folder from the default "c:\users\username" (or "c:\documents and settings\username" on 2000 and xp) without losing things.

May i ask why you need to move it? there might be an easier way to solve your problem.

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RE: Moving "my Documents" folder in Vista?
If you want to put your Documents and such onto a separate hard drive (which is what I gather from you referring to D: earlier), then you can probably mount the other hard drive under C:\Users\Username using Disk Management.

I'd be careful though, if you do it slightly wrong you'll lose things.

Ask shawnz. =p
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