Is there a stable way to move one's My Documents (or basically the Documents and Settings structure) from the OS drive? I'm trying to separate apps from data as much as possible, and I have a few apps that insist on defaulting to My Whatever all the time. And I keep running out of space on the wee C.
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§ ita § - Nov 11, 2005 10:58:15 am PST #5534 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jon B. - Nov 11, 2005 11:15:34 am PST #5535 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
If you figure it out ita, let me know. That drives me batty as well.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2005 12:23:04 pm PST #5536 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did you look in the registry for... um... anything obvious?
(I'm at home, where I don't have a working Windows computer.)
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2005 12:27:13 pm PST #5537 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do not poke around in the registry without doublechecked instructions. I used to reinstall my OS just for fun, but I'm old and cranky now.
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2005 12:36:47 pm PST #5538 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here we go, Jon (XP). I'll try it this weekend.
I never expanded my system partition to cover the other empty partition on the drive -- I just didn't feel up to the risk. This, especially since it moves the Eudora mailboxes, should be just the thing I need.
Eddie - Nov 11, 2005 1:03:38 pm PST #5539 of 10003
Your tag here.
Is there a stable way to move one's My Documents
On XP, if you right-click the My Documents icon on the desktop, select Properties, you can specify the folder location there.
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2005 1:58:25 pm PST #5540 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Get the fuck out of town!
XP is good for something...
Thank you!
eta: although that doesn't move the whole Documents and Settings structure, leaving the Application Data on the C drive. But it's giving me ideas...
thegrommit - Nov 11, 2005 2:30:35 pm PST #5541 of 10003
Um.
The TweakUI Powertoy allows you to change the location of all sorts of folders: [link]
Typo Boy - Nov 11, 2005 4:13:33 pm PST #5542 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
How stable is tweakui?
DXMachina - Nov 11, 2005 4:58:42 pm PST #5543 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The XP version seems pretty stable. For that matter, the only thing I ever found that broke the 98 version was a Microsoft security update.