Win7 + My Docs Location

InvaderGIR · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:16

I don't store My Docs on the C: drive, I have it on it's own personal drive. I've just installed W7 and I can't work out how to tell it to look at the other drive instead of C:\Users

Normally on XP and Vista I'd right click the 'username' in the start menu and press 'properties' and then tell it where to find 'username' folder instead of 'C:\Users\<username>'.

On W7 though they appear to have removed this feature, which is a right pain as I don't want anything to run onto the C: drive, I want it to default to my other drive.

Any tips?

Theguy · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:19

Well you have 2 options, 1, to add the folder of your choice into the documents library, or you could just change the location of my docs by:
going to you user folder with all the other folders like, docs, music, picutres, ect.
right clicking on my Docs, and props, find the location type, and then change the folder from there.

marc2003 · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:21

click on your "name" folder at the top right of the start menu. from there you can re-direct all your folders to alternate drives/partitions/folders.

InvaderGIR · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:22

The 2nd way is the way I prefer...shame I can't do that with the main folder like you used to be able to.

Thanks.

marc2003 said:
click on your "name" folder at the top right of the start menu. from there you can re-direct all your folders to alternate drives/partitions/folders.

That's exactly what I can't do on W7.

Dewotter · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:25

InvaderGIR said:
The 2nd way is the way I prefer...shame I can't do that with the main folder like you used to be able to.

Thanks.

That's exactly what I can't do on W7.

I for one am irritated by this change and alos the long pause Windws 7 has added to this process when it has to create the fodler elsewhere e.g. Documents.

I had to go to C:\Users\Jonny and then right click the individual folders in there to get the re-direct.

marc2003 · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:25

you are joking right? you're not going to force me into uploading screenshots?

just to be clear, i said "click on your name". this opens a folder containing loads of different folders which you can re-direct.

edit: just seen your image. i didn't say "right click"...

InvaderGIR · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:26

marc2003 said:
you are joking right? you're not going to force me into uploading screenshots?

just to be clear, i said "click on your name". this opens a folder containing loads of different folders which you can re-direct.

See my screen shot above.

You mean LEFT click...the way that 'Theguy' had already said?

It's a right faff as some apps only look for the default 'my docs' location, which is on the C: drive so I'm going to lose out on some things being saved to the other drive.

marc2003 · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:28

usually when someone says "click" they mean left.

InvaderGIR · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:28

Considering I was after a way to do it the same as Vista/XP I assumed you meant right.

Thanks though.

Grrr...want to click on my name and have it take me to 'F:\<username' not to 'C:\Users\<username>'!

marc2003 · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:34

InvaderGIR said:
It's a right faff as some apps only look for the default 'my docs' location, which is on the C: drive so I'm going to lose out on some things being saved to the other drive.

really? i've used the technique since xp and never had a problem with anything. mostly games of course.

InvaderGIR · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:36

I've always just been able to relocate the whole folder, not 'docs', 'pics', 'music' etc. separately which is much less hassle and faff than doing what I've had to do.

Theguy · 5 Sep 2009 at 16:46

Who would have thought a simple question like this would take so much explaining