change location of My Documents in Win7

[ThePiston]

In XP you could change location of My Documents in one place and the entire computer and all programs would then think your data drive was your My Documents folder. I used this tutorial: http://www.w7forums.com/change-location-my-documents-folder-t338.html to change My Docs folder in Win7 which it sort of does, but not really. Programs trying to find "My Docs" still look in the old location. For example, I installed Picasa and it told me it couldn't find any photos even though my I: drive is now the My Docs folder and has tons of photos in it. Did I miss a step?

 

[JackMDS]

Computer do not have the Brian of people just because you call another location My Document does not mean that the computer can do a human deduction.

Some programs as a setting in their preferences.

Almost all program maintain the last folder used when you employ Save As.

 

[ThePiston]

I didn't just "call" another location My Docs. The location was moved. In XP this was seamless. I'm just asking if this has changed in Win7.

 

[sivart]

Computer do not have the Brian of people just because you call another location My Document does not mean that the computer can do a human deduction.

Wow, I didn't know you could get a Brian with your computer :awe:. I would settle for a brain that thought like mine. :sneaky:

I bet there is a registry entry for each program of where to use the default save location.

 

[ThePiston]

I guess I'm not explaining myself well enough. In XP you could right-click My Docs and go to properties. There you could change path from C:\documents and settings\users\name to just "E:" (like an external HD for example). When you did that, every time you went to "My Documents" in any program at any time, you were taken to "E:". When you do this in Win7 it only seems to change that one folder and other programs still look in old location for My Documents.

 

[blackangst1]

When you click the Documents folder (in Win 7) using the libraries you can assign anywhere on any drive as a location. If you just want one location, on another drive for example, open the Documents folder and at the top under Documents library it will say 1 location, or 2 locations, or however many you assign, then cascade those views below. Just click the link for 1 location or 2 locations (whatever you have) and another window will pop up. You then add or remove what you want, and even assign what folder or drive as a default location.

 

[JackMDS]

My way to make it the most flexible is to use this free Utility.

http://www.hyperionics.com/files/index.asp



It works well with XP, Vista, and Win7.