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Relocating system folders
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Relocating system folders
Friday, June 8, 2001 at 3:23 am
Posted by rpkeeling
(1 messages posted)
My c drive is quite small compared to my d drive. Is there a way of relocating (shortcut)
the 'My Documents' folder onto the d drive instead? (But making sure that Win98
still thinks it's on the c drive) I'd also like to do this with my 'Desktop' folder.
Thanks
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re: Relocating system folders
Friday, June 8, 2001 at 3:45 am
Posted by Bobstur
(2225 messages posted)
To move My Documents folder to D: first Copy the folder to D: and then verify
all the files are in D:\My Documents. Now right click on your My Documents folder
on the Desktop and select Properties. In the box, change the path to D:\My Documents
and click OK. Now you can open Windows Explorer, scroll to C:\Windows\My Documents
and delete it to recover its space on C:.
To relocate the C:\Windows\Desktop folder use the same kind of process and then
use Tweak
UI to change the path where Windows will find it. In Tweak UI go to the My Computer
tab | Special Folders box and change to path for Desktop. Without Tweak UI you'd
need to hack the registry to change the path to Desktop.
Bob Sturtevant
http://home.adelphia.net/~bobstur/
Please let us know what works.
On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 3:23, rpkeeling wrote:
My c drive is quite small compared to my d drive. Is there a
way of relocating (shortcut) the 'My Documents' folder onto
the d drive instead? (But making sure that Win98 still thinks
it's on the c drive) I'd also like to do this with my
'Desktop' folder.
Thanks
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re: Relocating system folders
Friday, June 8, 2001 at 6:06 am
Posted by Jim Swearingen
(215 messages posted)
To add to what Bob has said, you can relocate both folders, as well as a
number of others, with TweakUI.
Note, also, that you can rename those folders at the same time. On my
system, C:\My Documents has been moved, and renamed, to E:\_Documents. Placing
the underscore (or any other ASCII character, 33 through 64) at the beginning of
the name causes the folder to be displayed at the top of the list, ahead of any
folder name beginning with a capital letter.
Jim Swearingen
JSS3rd@earthlink.net
On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 3:45, Bobstur wrote:
To move My Documents folder to D: first Copy the folder to D: and then
verify
all the files are in D:\My Documents. Now right click on your My Documents
folder
on the Desktop and select Properties. In the box, change the path to D:\My
Documents
and click OK. Now you can open Windows Explorer, scroll to C:\Windows\My
Documents
and delete it to recover its space on C:.
To relocate the C:\Windows\Desktop folder use the same kind of process and then
use TweakUI to change the path where Windows will find it. In Tweak UI go to
the My Computer
tab | Special Folders box and change to path for Desktop. Without Tweak UI you'd
need to hack the registry to change the path to Desktop.
On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 3:23, rpkeeling wrote:
My c drive is quite small compared to my d drive. Is there a
way of relocating (shortcut) the 'My Documents' folder onto
the d drive instead? (But making sure that Win98 still thinks
it's on the c drive) I'd also like to do this with my
'Desktop' folder.
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re: Relocating system folders
Sunday, August 25, 2002 at 9:39 pm
Posted by tania
(1 messages posted)
Anyone know how I can create customised system folders on my desktop (Windows 98
SE)? I used to have instructions but I can't seem to find the site anymore. I want
to make system folders (not shortcuts) to some of the stuff I access on my PC most
often. Thanks!
Tania
On Friday, June 8, 2001 at 6:06 am, Jim Swearingen wrote:
>
To add to what Bob has said, you can relocate both folders, as well as a
>number of others, with TweakUI.
>
> Note, also, that you can rename those folders at the same time. On my
>system, C:\My Documents has been moved, and renamed, to E:\_Documents. Placing
>the underscore (or any other ASCII character, 33 through 64) at the beginning of
>the name causes the folder to be displayed at the top of the list, ahead of any
>folder name beginning with a capital letter.
>
> Jim Swearingen
>
>JSS3rd@earthlink.net
>SIZE="2">
>
>On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 3:45, Bobstur wrote:
>To move My Documents folder to D: first Copy the folder to D: and then
>verify
>all the files are in D:\My Documents. Now right click on your My Documents
>folder
>on the Desktop and select Properties. In the box, change the path to D:\My
>Documents
>and click OK. Now you can open Windows Explorer, scroll to C:\Windows\My
>Documents
>and delete it to recover its space on C:.
> To relocate the C:\Windows\Desktop folder use the same kind of process and then
>use TweakUI to change the path where Windows will find it. In Tweak UI go to
>the My Computer
>tab | Special Folders box and change to path for Desktop. Without Tweak UI you'd
>need to hack the registry to change the path to Desktop.
>
>On Fri, 8 Jun, 2001 - 3:23, rpkeeling wrote:
>
My c drive is quite small compared to my d drive. Is there a
>way of relocating (shortcut) the 'My Documents' folder onto
>the d drive instead? (But making sure that Win98 still thinks
>it's on the c drive) I'd also like to do this with my
>'Desktop' folder.
>
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