Vista - Can't move Documents and Pictures to drive D:

I am trying to move Documents and Pictures on to the D: drive with only
partial success. The folder moves OK and all the files move along with it
but certain applications still insist on putting their files on the C: drive
in C:\Users\Qu0ll\Documents and \Pictures. I had expected that any
reference to these folders would be translated by the OS (as a shortcut
perhaps?) into the D: drive location but this is not the case. The end
result is that when you look in Explorer you see 2 Documents folders (one
with the special icon and one without) and also 2 Pictures folders (also one
special and one not).

How can I resolve this? I have re-configured the apps to specifically look
in D: but is there a way to get the Documents and Pictures folders to
"really" live on D:?

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How did you attempt to 'move' the folders?
Did you....?
Right click on them in the original location
Click Properties
Click the Location Tab
Click the Move Button, etc


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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to move Documents and Pictures on to the D: drive with only
>partial success. The folder moves OK and all the files move along with it
>but certain applications still insist on putting their files on the C:
>drive in C:\Users\Qu0ll\Documents and \Pictures. I had expected that any
>reference to these folders would be translated by the OS (as a shortcut
>perhaps?) into the D: drive location but this is not the case. The end
>result is that when you look in Explorer you see 2 Documents folders (one
>with the special icon and one without) and also 2 Pictures folders (also
>one special and one not).
>
> How can I resolve this? I have re-configured the apps to specifically
> look in D: but is there a way to get the Documents and Pictures folders to
> "really" live on D:?

"Max" <max@home.com> wrote in message
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> How did you attempt to 'move' the folders?
> Did you....?
> Right click on them in the original location
> Click Properties
> Click the Location Tab
> Click the Move Button, etc\

Yes, I did it the proper way but it only partially worked. Any ideas?

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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to move Documents and Pictures on to the D: drive with only
>partial success. The folder moves OK and all the files move along with it
>but certain applications still insist on putting their files on the C:
>drive in C:\Users\Qu0ll\Documents and \Pictures. I had expected that any
>reference to these folders would be translated by the OS (as a shortcut
>perhaps?) into the D: drive location but this is not the case. The end
>result is that when you look in Explorer you see 2 Documents folders (one
>with the special icon and one without) and also 2 Pictures folders (also
>one special and one not).
>
> How can I resolve this? I have re-configured the apps to specifically
> look in D: but is there a way to get the Documents and Pictures folders to
> "really" live on D:?

In fact, it is so bad that Windows Photo Gallery reports that there are no
pictures in the Pictures folder even though it is full.

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"Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ubpyFpyoHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>I am trying to move Documents and Pictures on to the D: drive with only
>>partial success. The folder moves OK and all the files move along with it
>>but certain applications still insist on putting their files on the C:
>>drive in C:\Users\Qu0ll\Documents and \Pictures. I had expected that any
>>reference to these folders would be translated by the OS (as a shortcut
>>perhaps?) into the D: drive location but this is not the case. The end
>>result is that when you look in Explorer you see 2 Documents folders (one
>>with the special icon and one without) and also 2 Pictures folders (also
>>one special and one not).
>>
>> How can I resolve this? I have re-configured the apps to specifically
>> look in D: but is there a way to get the Documents and Pictures folders
>> to "really" live on D:?
>
> In fact, it is so bad that Windows Photo Gallery reports that there are no
> pictures in the Pictures folder even though it is full.


I fixed this part of the problem by re-importing the Pictures folder (the
right one that is) back into Windows Photo Gallery but the lingering problem
of duplicate Pictures and Documents folders remains.

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Here’s how to relocate the Documents folder:

Open Windows Explorer, navigate to the empty drive that you want to use to store data, and create new folders for each of the existing folders you want to move.
If you’re the only user on your computer, you can put them in the root of the drive: E:\Documents, E:\Music, and so on.
If you’re planning to use the drive to store data for two or more users, you should create a separate top-level folder for each user and then create subfolders for each type of data: E:\Ed\Documents, etc.
Click Start and click the bold user name at the top of the right column in the Start menu. This opens your profile folder.
Right-click the icon for the Documents folder and choose Properties.




On the Location tab, click the Move button.
In the Select a Destination dialog box, double-click Computer, double-click the icon for your data drive (E: in this example), and select the folder you want to use as the new location.
Don’t double-click this folder, just click to select it.
Click Select Folder to return to the Location tab, and then click OK.
You will see two dialog boxes:
Do you still want to proceed and redirect to <new folder location>? Click Yes.
Would you like to move all of the files in your old location to the new location…? Click Yes. (If you click No, the original folder remains intact and you risk having documents split between the two locations.)
That’s it. You can now repeat the process for Music, Pictures, Videos, and any other data folders you want to use.
When you click the Documents shortcut on the Start menu, it takes you to the new location, which appears to be in the same old location.
In the Vista namespace, your profile folder always appears under the Desktop, and each link in that folder points to the location you specify. So you can leave some folders (especially those you rarely use) in the original location and just move those that are chock full of data.




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"sean sullivan" wrote in message news:200753112121seanryan52@hotmail.com...

> Here’s how to relocate the Documents folder:
>
> Open Windows Explorer, navigate to the empty drive that you want to use to
> store data, and create new folders for each of the existing folders you
> want to move.
> If you’re the only user on your computer, you can put them in the root of
> the drive: E:\Documents, E:\Music, and so on.
> If you’re planning to use the drive to store data for two or more users,
> you should create a separate top-level folder for each user and then
> create subfolders for each type of data: E:\Ed\Documents, etc.
> Click Start and click the bold user name at the top of the right column in
> the Start menu. This opens your profile folder.
> Right-click the icon for the Documents folder and choose Properties.
>
>
>
>
> On the Location tab, click the Move button.
> In the Select a Destination dialog box, double-click Computer,
> double-click the icon for your data drive (E: in this example), and select
> the folder you want to use as the new location.
> Don’t double-click this folder, just click to select it.
> Click Select Folder to return to the Location tab, and then click OK.
> You will see two dialog boxes:
> Do you still want to proceed and redirect to <new folder location>? Click
> Yes.
> Would you like to move all of the files in your old location to the new
> location…? Click Yes. (If you click No, the original folder remains intact
> and you risk having documents split between the two locations.)
> That’s it. You can now repeat the process for Music, Pictures, Videos, and
> any other data folders you want to use.
> When you click the Documents shortcut on the Start menu, it takes you to
> the new location, which appears to be in the same old location.
> In the Vista namespace, your profile folder always appears under the
> Desktop, and each link in that folder points to the location you specify.
> So you can leave some folders (especially those you rarely use) in the
> original location and just move those that are chock full of data.

Yes, that's exactly what I did. The problem is that some applications seem
to be hard wired into thinking that Documents is C:\Users\Qu0ll\Documents
and try to put things there. The result is 2 Documents folders, one on the
D: drive and the other on C:. I would have thought that after moving the
Documents folder from C: to D: that a shortcut mechanism would be placed on
C: to prevent this sort of thing happening but alas no.

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