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  1. #1


    Nicolas Guest

    redirect user folder

    Hi. How can I redirect the "user's" folders ("user", documents, images,
    etc.) to be in D: drive instead of C: drive? Is it possible? In XP you use
    the properties tab to relocate My Documents, but in Vista I can't find the
    properties for these folders.



    Thanks.
    --
    Nicolas

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  2. #2


    Rock Guest

    Re: redirect user folder

    "Nicolas" <Nicolas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
    > Hi. How can I redirect the "user's" folders ("user", documents, images,
    > etc.) to be in D: drive instead of C: drive? Is it possible? In XP you
    > use
    > the properties tab to relocate My Documents, but in Vista I can't find the
    > properties for these folders.


    Open the user account folder you want to redirect, \Users\<Username>, right
    click on the particular folder such as Documents | Properties | Location
    tab.

    --
    Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]


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  3. #3


    Nicolas Guest

    Re: redirect user folder

    Thanks man, I think that will work.
    --
    Nicolas


    "Rock" wrote:

    > "Nicolas" <Nicolas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
    > > Hi. How can I redirect the "user's" folders ("user", documents, images,
    > > etc.) to be in D: drive instead of C: drive? Is it possible? In XP you
    > > use
    > > the properties tab to relocate My Documents, but in Vista I can't find the
    > > properties for these folders.

    >
    > Open the user account folder you want to redirect, \Users\<Username>, right
    > click on the particular folder such as Documents | Properties | Location
    > tab.
    >
    > --
    > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
    >
    >


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  4. #4


    Gerhard Guest

    Re: redirect user folder

    Sorry, but I still have a problem. I'm "User" on my computer, and "User" has
    all administration rights. (Under C:\Users there are three folders: Default,
    Public and User; all my personal data (such as custom.dic) is stored under
    User).

    However, if I go to the properties of User's Documents folder, I don't have
    a Location tab... What can I do to resolve this?

    Thankx in advance for your time,
    Gerhard


    "Rock" wrote:

    > "Nicolas" <Nicolas@xxxxxx> wrote

    > > Hi. How can I redirect the "user's" folders ("user", documents, images,
    > > etc.) to be in D: drive instead of C: drive? Is it possible? In XP you
    > > use
    > > the properties tab to relocate My Documents, but in Vista I can't find the
    > > properties for these folders.
    >
    > Open the user account folder you want to redirect, \Users\<Username>, right
    > click on the particular folder such as Documents | Properties | Location
    > tab.
    >
    > --
    > Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
    >
    >

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