Is ti possible to point my docs and destop to another drive?

[Fiveohhh]

I just reinstalled and decided to use 2 partitions with the os on one and everything else possible on the other. I'm wondering if theres a way to have all the my doc folders moved to a different drive, and the desktop(i store lots of junk on mine.

 

[spyordie007]

Yes, log in as another user who has administrator privilages than move your account's profile to the new locations (move c:\documents and settings\username to d:\myfolder\myprofile) than look at the properties of your account and set the profile path to the new location.

-Spy

 

[Fiveohhh]

Cool, I shoulda been able to figure that out Thanks for the help.

 

[Davegod]

also check out TweakUI / Powertoys, has a section that does that sort of thing - maybe just providing a more obvious way to do what spyordie007 said though. edit: no it doesnt, it just lets you move specifc folders (most of which are sub folders of your profile one).

 

[Fiveohhh]

I did thsi, but all it does is give you a roaming profile there and it copies it back and forth on logon and logoff. is there a way to make it on a different drive without copying it to the c: every time?

 

[Fiveohhh]

k I got it to look on the d drive in my docs folder for my documents, now just wondering if theres a way to get the desktop to be located on the d drive....I don't mind the rest of the profile sitting on the c:

 

[Davegod]

aha, looks like tweakui can help you after all - image

just search cnet or MS site for "powertoys" or "tweak ui" for the program

 

[Davegod]

nice timing aswell maybe, ver 2 of powertoys was released the other day

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