Does "My Documents" have to be on the boot partition?

[MobileHulk]

I'd like to create two partitions on my primary drive so that I can have the operating system and all installed programs on the C: partition, but all of my data file, i.e. My Documents on the D: partition.

My reason for this is so that I can keep the C: partition well-organized and fast. I'm constantly changes the files in My Documents, which leads to a fragmented partition. Obviously, creating a shortcut wouldn't work to My Documents wouldn't achieve my objective.

Is there anyway to do this?

 

[Nothinman]

Hit properties on My Documents and it should let you specify the path.

 

[JetBlack69]

Nope. I also have My Documents on the D partition.

 

[boran]

I followed the following steps to change the path to my documents:
- display it on your desktop (that shortcut has special properties)
- move it to your D or where you want it.
- do a regedit search for your old my documents folder and change the keys to your new my documents folder.
- normally all applications will now see your new my documents on D as your my docs folder.

 

[Wigwam]

have moved mine a few times usindg the "move" option without any need for regedits

 

[Hulk]

Sorry to be a pain but could someone explain how to do this in a little more detail?

I'm not familar with the move command?

 

[xenos500]

you can get the microsoft powertoy "tweak UI" which lets to change the actual paths for many differnet windows folders and features. Its useful in many other ways also, check it out.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: Hulk
Sorry to be a pain but could someone explain how to do this in a little more detail?

I'm not familar with the move command?

1. Right click on "My Documents"
2. Click "Properties"
3. Click the Move button
4. select where you would like to move to (In your case D:\My Docs\ or something like that)
5. Say "Yes" when it asks to move the current documents to the new location

 

[Hulk]

Thanks

 

[kamper]

Not that it matters to you anymore but I personally make sure My Documents isn't pointing at all my stuff. It's really annoying when you're hitting the Up Folder button and windows throws you from the middle of the filesystem to the desktop. I can do just fine without a special link to my stuff.