Win7 + My Docs Location

[InvaderGIR]

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?

 

[InvaderGIR]

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.

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.

 

[InvaderGIR]

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.

 

[InvaderGIR]

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>'!

 

[InvaderGIR]

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.