RE: Moving my docs in Vista

[Jamrasta]

How can I make my documents in Vista default to another hard drive?

I did it in xp but can't suss out how to do in in vista :[

 

[marc2003]

right click the folder in the start menu and goto properities. from there, select the location tab. not much different to xp really...

 

[rctneil]

I do this on my system, takes a while to do it for each folder though. The annoying thing comes when your installing a program and it asks if you want a shortut on your desktop. Some apps are clever enough to put the shortcut in the newly routed Desktop folder on the new drive but other applications remake the Desktop folder under the username folder on the Windows drive whcih is annoying!

 

[Jamrasta]

yeh just noticed i have to do it to each folder individually, bit crap this is compared to xp :[

 

[Olibubble]

yeh just noticed i have to do it to each folder individually, bit crap this is compared to xp :[

In XP you only had 'My Documents'

Whereas in Vista

'Music' can be on drive D:
'Pictures' can be on drive E:
'Documents' can be on drive F:
'Downloads' can be on drive G:
'Videos' can be on drive H:

and you can create other shortcuts in there also.

Seems to have far finer granularity than 'My Documents'. I see that as a positive.

 

[lokkers]

Seems to have far finer granularity than 'My Documents'. I see that as a positive.

Seconded - I much prefer the additional control it gives you (although my folders all live on the same drive anyway).