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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / September 2006Changing default folder locations??
You know the option to change the actual location of the 'My Documents' folder in XP...well, is there any way to do the same for the pictures, music and video folders? As far as I know, there is not a similar option for those folders. Instead, they all default to 'My Documents\My [Pictures/Music/Videos]'. The fact is that: having a dual boot system with Vista, I have all of my personal files under one separate directory (partition). So, I decided to rearrange my folder structure, under that same directory, from this: 'D:\My Documents\My [Pictures/Music/Videos]' to this 'D:\ [Documents/Pictures/Music/Videos]', since Vista offers individual location settings for the default user folders. So, is XP actually unable to locate music, pictures and videos outside the 'My Documents' folder, or is there something I'm overlooking? Good thing i know this lol Click Start, the Run, type in regedit and press "Enter".. Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders Change the values here to the location of where you would like them to point to > You know the option to change the actual location of the 'My Documents' > folder in XP...well, is there any way to do the same for the pictures, music [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > music, pictures and videos outside the 'My Documents' folder, or is there > something I'm overlooking? Hi B.G, Relocating the "My Documents" folder (via the My Documents Properties) relocates the sub-folders (My Pictures and My Music) as well. See the following KB article: How to Change the Default Location of the My Documents Folder: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310147 To move other shell folders manually, follow the steps given by Jonathan. There are atleast two freeware utilities that can automate the procedure for you. Tweak UI for Windows XP: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/tweakui.htm Using FolderRedirector utility to redirect special folders in Windows XP: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/folderredirector.htm  SignatureRegards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] WindowsR XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com You know the option to change the actual location of the 'My Documents' folder in XP...well, is there any way to do the same for the pictures, music and video folders? As far as I know, there is not a similar option for those folders. Instead, they all default to 'My Documents\My [Pictures/Music/Videos]'. The fact is that: having a dual boot system with Vista, I have all of my personal files under one separate directory (partition). So, I decided to rearrange my folder structure, under that same directory, from this: 'D:\My Documents\My [Pictures/Music/Videos]' to this 'D:\ [Documents/Pictures/Music/Videos]', since Vista offers individual location settings for the default user folders. So, is XP actually unable to locate music, pictures and videos outside the 'My Documents' folder, or is there something I'm overlooking? Forget the registry mods ... use TweakUI XP and you get it all. > You know the option to change the actual location of the 'My Documents' > folder in XP...well, is there any way to do the same for the pictures, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > music, pictures and videos outside the 'My Documents' folder, or is there > something I'm overlooking? Ok, Thanks a lot guys. I actually had TweakUi, but haven't reinstalled after the format for the dual-boot setup. I should have known. Thanks a lot again! the option to change the actual location of the 'My Documents' > folder in XP...well, is there any way to do the same for the pictures, > music and video folders? As far as I know, there is not a similar option [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > music, pictures and videos outside the 'My Documents' folder, or is there > something I'm overlooking? |
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