Vista Tutorial - Relocation of Public Folders

Can Public Folder be reloacted like personal folders? When I click on the
locatin tab in properties I see the current location but can not change it.
There is no move button to select and I cann't change the location manully.

Which 'Public' folders?
Public Documents, Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures...all have a functional
"Location" Tab for me.

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Maxwell Bluemeanie
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"Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can Public Folder be reloacted like personal folders? When I click on the
> locatin tab in properties I see the current location but can not change
> it.
> There is no move button to select and I cann't change the location
> manully.

"Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E14344AD-74C4-4CE7-B2BA-FD3F95DF9FEE@microsoft.com...
> Can Public Folder be reloacted like personal folders? When I click on the
> locatin tab in properties I see the current location but can not change
> it.
> There is no move button to select and I cann't change the location
> manully.


They have a different set of security permissions to the personal folders.
May have to play around with those.

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Jon

"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
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> "Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E14344AD-74C4-4CE7-B2BA-FD3F95DF9FEE@microsoft.com...
>> Can Public Folder be reloacted like personal folders? When I click on the
>> locatin tab in properties I see the current location but can not change
>> it.
>> There is no move button to select and I cann't change the location
>> manully.
>
>
> They have a different set of security permissions to the personal folders.
> May have to play around with those.
>
> --
> Jon



You may also need need to be careful since there are number of junctions to
them

eg in
c:\ProgramData
+
c:\Users\All Users
+
c:\Users\Public\Documents

etc


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Jon
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"Max" <max@home.com> wrote in message
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> Which 'Public' folders?
> Public Documents, Downloads, Music, Videos, Pictures...all have a
> functional "Location" Tab for me.


But on mine, Favourites and Recorded TV do not have Location tabs.

This is annoying as Recorded TV is a folder that I really want to move off
my RAID 0 array, as the hidden Recording temp folder is just wearing out the
drives unnecessarily. I want to move this folder on a large cheap drive
that I don't care about if it fails.

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> But on mine, Favourites and Recorded TV do not have Location tabs.
>
> This is annoying as Recorded TV is a folder that I really want to move off
> my RAID 0 array, as the hidden Recording temp folder is just wearing out
> the drives unnecessarily. I want to move this folder on a large cheap
> drive that I don't care about if it fails.
>

Recorded TV doesn't seem to be in the same "class" as other Public
Folders -- there's no entry for it under:

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\User
Shell Folders"

and it can be moved with no problem.

I think you can move the folder, and then change registry references in the
following locations:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
Center\Service\Recording"

LastRecordPathSet
RecordPath

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Media
Center\Service\Video\Tuners\DVR\IO\Writer"

DVRDirectory

As for the public, 'Favorites', I've never seen anything saved there, nor
can I find anywhere that its contents are displayed.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

See following link for how to do it. It worked for me.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

PG



"Wayne" wrote:

> Can Public Folder be reloacted like personal folders? When I click on the
> locatin tab in properties I see the current location but can not change it.
> There is no move button to select and I cann't change the location manully.