Change default location of 'My Documents' and it's name

[Jon Reesa]

Hello,

I want to be able to have the My Documents folder located on the root of my C: drive. Ideally i want the link to be called My Data instead of My Documents and when the users click on it, be taken to the C:Data folder. I know how to do this for each user when they are currently logged on but how do i do it so that anybody who logs on gets the same settings?

Anybody any ideas? I presume it's all in HKEY_USERS/.Default but I've tried a few things on a test machine but whenever i log on with a new account, it is all as it was before.

I'd be grateful for any help!

Cheers,

Jon

[Rob Arundel]

Hi,

Change the location here: I cannot remember where to rename it but it shouldent be too hard to find.

[Add.Reg.95]
HKCU,"SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplor erUser Shell Folders","Personal",131072,"c:\Data"

[Add.Reg.ntx86]
HKCU,"SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplor erUser Shell Folders","Personal",131072,"c:\Data"


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Jon Reesa at 6/5/2002 4:56:56 AM


Hello,

I want to be able to have the My Documents folder located on the root of my C: drive. Ideally i want the link to be called My Data instead of My Documents and when the users click on it, be taken to the C:Data folder. I know how to do this for each user when they are currently logged on but how do i do it so that anybody who logs on gets the same settings?

Anybody any ideas? I presume it's all in HKEY_USERS/.Default but I've tried a few things on a test machine but whenever i log on with a new account, it is all as it was before.

I'd be grateful for any help!

Cheers,

Jon