Folder Location Problem

rctneil

rctneil

rctneil

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Hey,
I ahve Windows 7 RC installed currently and have my Pro retail version sat on a shelf ready for me to install it when I get a chance but currently just not had any free time to do it. I am using my free time to organise the files so when I do get around to it, I'll have a nice organised system.

When I first installed this system, I changed the path of the main folders such as Documents, Music, Pictures over to my D:\ drive. My username folder ie: "Neil" is sat on my D:\ drive just as I want it.

The problem is that some apps are still writing to C:\Users\Neil.

How can I force the system to tell these apps that the "Neil" folder resides on D:\?

Thanks
 
How do you do that then?

Wasn't there a way you could set up moving the users folder to another drive within the registry?
 
I did this method of having my "Neil" folder on my D drive:

http://www.vista4beginners.com/Move-user-files-folders-to-another-partition

Folders currently sat in my C;\Users\Neil folder include:

.config
.mp3split-gtk
.Synkron
.VirtualBox
Contacts
Desktop
Tracing
.recently-used.xbel

The desktop folder seems to ahve shortcuts in it where I ahve said yes to creating a dekstop shortcut when installing some applications. I don;t see why this C "Neil" folder should even exist when I ahve told it to be on the D drive
 
Thanks for that, I'll just let you know that the contacts folder was moved and that one I wrote above is completely empty and must ahve been made automatically somehow. The same with Desktop. My proper desktop folder resides on the D drive
 
So, in the pic below:

regedit.jpg


If I alter "ProfileImagePath" as the first thing I do when I do the reinstall to "D:\Users\Neil"

Then should that sort things out?

Would I ahve to manually redirect the Contacts, Desktop, Music, Document, Downloads etc folders as normal or not?
 
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