Changing Windows7 My Documents Location
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There may be times where you want to change the default location of
a user's My Documents folder. For example, I keep all my data on a
D: partition. This way should I need to reinstall the operating
system on the C: partition, no data is lost |
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1. | Click on the Start
button |
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2. | Right click on Documents |
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3. | Select Properties |
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4. | This will bring up a similar window.
USERNAME will be replaced by the actual user's login name |
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5. | Click on Include a folder... |
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6. | This will bring up a similar window |
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7. | Browse to the location where you want
to change the location |
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8. | Click on Include folder. This
will bring up a similar window to the one below |
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9. | Highlight the folders you don't want
and click on the Remove button |
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10. | Then you should only see the new
location you want for your My Documents folder |
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