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Old 09-20-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Moving "My DOcuments" and remainder of "My" files to second drive

http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/05/19...-pictures-etc/

"milkeyway" <milkeyway@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> From XP experience I can easily move My DOcuments from one location to
> another AND it moves all aditional folders such as Desktop, Pictures, etc.
> Great! Now, Vista has all folders separate so you have to relocate them
> individually. So here's my problem:
> 1. My second HD is called Bookshelf;
> 2. I create a new folder in Bookshelf named personal;
> 3. I go back to my desktop, right-click on "Documents", Location and
> Move...;
> 4. I point to: Bookshelf/personal/ and click OK;
> 5. Vista starts to move the files.
>
> WHen it's done, the folder "personal" is no longer there, all of the
> contents of "Documents" is now on the root directory. If I try to create
> the
> folder "personal" it comes back and tells me that the folder already
> exists
> but there's nothing.
>
> I then try to do the same with another folder such as Pictures. I point to
> Bookshelf again but this time, instead of making a folder called
> "Pictures",
> it just dumps all of the contenst intothe root directory AGAIN! So now all
> my
> files are all mixed up!
>
> Is there an easy way for me to have folder structure that looks kinda
> like:
> Bookshelf/Documents
> Bookshelf/Pictures
> Bookshelf/Videos
>
> AND have Vista point to the right place???
>
> Thanks,
>
> milkeyway

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