changing the document and setting path

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Hi,
Could someone let me know how to change the path of docuemnt and
settings folder in order to use another drive.
Thanks a ton,
Daniel Gerard
 
DG said:
Could someone let me know how to change the path of docuemnt and
settings folder in order to use another drive.
Thanks a ton,
Daniel Gerard
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If you mean on a client computer, what I do is right-click "My
Documents" on the desktop and then choose "Properties", and enter the
drive and path. It will offer to "move" all the old documents; I usually
choose "Yes" because it will keep things like "My Pictures" in the tree
and update the registry accordingly (user shell folders).

I often wonder how this would pan out with GPO? You could set a GPO to a
new location, but the computer can't ask you if you want to move
existing docs (can it?)...
 
DG said:
Hi,
Could someone let me know how to change the path of docuemnt and
settings folder in order to use another drive.
Thanks a ton,
Daniel Gerard
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Hang on, after reading this again, you probably are not referring to
moving the user's documents. Instead you want to move the WHOLE of that
folder on a client computer to a new drive?

I'd say "don't do it".
 
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