Desktop association in Win2k???

[FeNiX]

Ummm sorry dont really know how to title this...anyways...
I have 2 partitions, one with system files (drive C), another just for programs, storage, etc. (call this drive D) Anyways, I know that the Windows desktop is associated with the system files drive, which is of course smaller than the D drive. I was wondering if it is possible to associate the desktop with the D drive so that when I download big files on my desktop I won't get out of disk space msg from the C drive?

 

[timswim78]

Interesting question. I am interested in the answer . . .

 

[WannaFly]

The way to do this owuld be to change the profile path (i believe), this will move your entire Profile to your D:\

Control Panel > Users and Passwords > Advanced Tab > Advanced button > Users > Right click your user > Properties > Profile Tab > put "D:\Documents and Settings" under "local path".

Now, i am not sure if that is the correct way and if this will work or not, so try it on your own risk LMK what happens though.

 

[FeNiX]

oh man...this is the same exact thing I was thinking...wow...definitely dont wanna F-up and reinstall again....

 

[FeNiX]

ummm guess what I did it and nothing happened...still using the C drive. But what is weird is that Windows DID create a D:\documents and settings folder and had all my profile stuff in that folder...BUT it does not associate with it, for example if I drag a file to the desktop, the c drive Desktop folder gets update but the D drive does not

 

[PrincessGuard]

You could create a NTFS junction (similar to a *nix symlink) at C:\Doc & Settings\<login>\Desktop that points to D:\Desktop or whatever. They're like shortcuts but act like real folders. Of course, your drives have to be NTFS for it to work.

Junction will do this. Be careful that you remember which drive the folder is actually on in case you need to reformat. There's no way to tell whether a folder is a junction or an actual folder in Explorer.

 

[FeNiX]

wow thanks...gotta try this out