put apps on C: and documents on D:

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How can I set up my Windows XP so that my documents are on the D: drive while
maintaining my application installations on the c drive?

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Jeff
 
Papa said:
How can I set up my Windows XP so that my documents are on the D:
drive while maintaining my application installations on the c drive?
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When you save your documents - save them on D.
When you install applications - install them on C.

There's no way of automating that - you have to decide for each thing you
do.
 
Shenan said:
When you save your documents - save them on D.
When you install applications - install them on C.

There's no way of automating that - you have to decide for each thing you
do.
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There is. Per default, Windows uses the "my files" folder in every save
dialog. "my files" folder can be moved.

Go to properties of "my files" either on desktop (old start menu) or in
start menu (new start menu) and move the location to anywhere on drive
D. That way your "my files" are always stored on drive D.
 
Mario Schmidt wrote:
Shenan Stanley schrieb:
Papa said:
How can I set up my Windows XP so that my documents are on the D:
drive while maintaining my application installations on the c
drive?
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When you save your documents - save them on D.
When you install applications - install them on C.

There's no way of automating that - you have to decide for each
thing you do.
Click to expand...
There is. Per default, Windows uses the "my files" folder in every
save dialog. "my files" folder can be moved.

Go to properties of "my files" either on desktop (old start menu)
or in start menu (new start menu) and move the location to anywhere
on drive D. That way your "my files" are always stored on drive D.
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That assumes that each application will save to the same place 'by
default' - or something like 'My Documents'. Many applications have their
own default far from 'My Documents' - some have no default settings and just
ask each time (although they might 'store' the last saved place as their
'default'.)
 
Shenan said:
That assumes that each application will save to the same place 'by
default' - or something like 'My Documents'. Many applications have their
own default far from 'My Documents' - some have no default settings and just
ask each time (although they might 'store' the last saved place as their
'default'.)
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When they have their own default you can still place the files somewhere
else.
 
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