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Old 02-03-2007   #4 (permalink)
Steve Cochran
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Re: cutom setting for the folder locations

Someone else pointed it out to me. I was looking in the registry. <G>

steve

"Piotr Wozniacki" <p.wozniacki@wp.pl> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve for the "Location" option - works great for all special
> folders!
>
> Piotr
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:E8DD1DB9-3FFB-4346-9EB9-4E7135F3A004@microsoft.com...
>>I would not recommend sharing the Program Files directory between OSs,
>>particularly XP and Vista.
>>
>> You can customize the Documents location by right clicking on Documents
>> in Explorer and then going to Location.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Piotr Wozniacki" <p.wozniacki@wp.pl> wrote in message
>> news:7A7122DE-8409-4348-86D2-9969E6501F1C@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some
>>> time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista. For disk space
>>> efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place
>>> (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's
>>> Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program
>>> Files...
>>>
>>> Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same
>>> place (on a separate partition, preferrably).
>>>
>>> Thanks for you suggestions!
>>>
>>> Piotr

>>

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