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| Thread ID: 99721 | 2009-05-12 06:23:00 | Putting Data on D Drive - My Documents ? | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 773317 | 2009-05-12 22:44:00 | Yes, you can get XP/Vista to move the My Docs but don't create the destination folder or you will get what I got, namely, the copied folder as a sub folder of the one I created. Just point the destination to the D: or whatever. | linw (53) | ||
| 773318 | 2009-05-13 01:27:00 | Thanks guys, very helpful - this means I can overcome a very annoying problem with Windows. I will try Pctek's solution 1st and Scouse's if need be. Scouse - I presume the Office button you refer to is on the Office Toolbar (which I don't use but could restore it for this purpose) and that you R click it. If the application is correctly using the My Documents location, which most apps do, it will use whatever folder you direct My Documents to. Inphinity - when you say "direct My Documents" I presume you mean relocate My Documents as per the solutions posted. Putting your data on D: is a good idea. Not only does it greatly facilitate a clean Windows reinstall if necessary but it was a boon when the HDD in my wife's laptop failed recently. The C: partition was corrupted and couldn't be accessed but I was able to retrieve all her data and other stuff off the D: partition. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 773319 | 2009-05-13 01:52:00 | Office Button = www.imagef1.net.nz | Scouse (83) | ||
| 773320 | 2009-05-13 11:35:00 | Thanks Scouse. I presume that's from Office 2007 - we have Office XP. Will be trying Pctek's method shortly and will look for an equivalent Office button later if necessary. | Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 773321 | 2009-05-14 00:23:00 | Via Windows Explorer. Right click and CUT MyDocuments, scroll to D:, right click and Paste it. Don't copy, CUT and that alters all the reg settings etc so Windows and all apps know its the new location. Simple. I couldn't get that to work - possibly because we are using Office XP and this may be for 2007. When I R click on My Documents for the shortcut menu it has an option to Copy but none to Cut. I tried going to the Edit menu but Cut is greyed there. I attempted this using My Documents from the LH folders pane and by opening the Desktop folder in that pane and selecting My Documents in the RH pane - the results were the same either way. Am I missing something or does this not work with Office XP? Using - XP, Office XP, IE 6. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 773322 | 2009-05-15 07:09:00 | I do this all the time - so that when I format my XP partition I lose nothing and dont have to muck around backing up things again. Its amazing that so many are still set up with one large partition-no wonder people dont re-install windows very often. I enjoy the speed of 1month old installs. |
pkm (13527) | ||
| 773323 | 2009-05-19 12:28:00 | Got back to this at last. Our Office XP doesn't coincide with Blam6's method (different tabs and options etc) but by playing around with that I have apparently got it to work - the final test will be to see if other apps find My Documents now that it is on the D: partition. Scouse - I realised later that your method is for storing Word (only) data at a non-default location but I wanted to relocate the whole My Documents folder. Pctek - I still suspect your method is for Office 2007, although I didn't try cutting using Crtl-X but I don't think that would have worked. Thanks for all the suggestions. |
Robin S_ (86) | ||
| 773324 | 2009-05-19 20:39:00 | To possibly improve performance or for ease to backup data or restore the OS, consider moving the Documents and Settings folder if using up to XP - support.microsoft.com or the User folder(s) if using Vista or above - support.microsoft.com This method relocates other hidden folders and files such as email store, address book and cookies. As always, backup first and do at your own risk | merlin (256) | ||
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