Windows 7 - My Documents and Network shares

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Windows 7 RC1 (7100)

I am running windows 7 in a Domain environment with my document’s etc stored on a central file server.

When I attempt to change the location of "My Documents" it now takes me to the new windows 7 library options. Here I cannot add the location of my docs as a location as when I select "include a Folder" the I get the error "This network location cannot be included because it is not indexed"

I have tried to work around this by creating a symbolic link to the network share (c:\docmount) however this workaround apears to no longer work under the RC, when I add c:\docmount this shows the same error.

The server does not run Microsoft search 4, which I have read will resolve this issue. However I do not really want to bog down a live file server with windows search indexing 2000 users + users. It is bad enough running it on my home PC!

I know that I can restrict the index on the server to only my folder only; however I need to resolve this if possible without installing search 4 on the server as one day we will go live with windows 7 across 1000 PCS! And some of the home location will be on non Microsoft servers so I will not even be able to install search if I wanted to

Can I disable the new Library feature? or does anyone else know of an alternative workaround to re-map MyDocuments to a network location?

Cheers
 
What you're trying to do is not move the location of my documents, you're trying to add a new location to the Documents library, which is different.

Go to C:\Users\Username\

Right click 'My Documents' and change location in the 'Location' tab. Worked for me.

Mine's actually setup as folder redirection in group policy, but for some unkown reason that doesn't seem to work in 7 so I had to do it manually.

You can actually make it indexed by just making it available offline (offline folders), thus allowing you to add it to the Library.
 
Hi Charlie

Thanks for the sugestion.

I did read that you can set the files as offline to make this work, however I do not really want 5+TB of unessasary user data flying over the lan, just so I can map my docs.

I did look for the "Locaion" tab on "My Documents" in the users follder on C: however the option is not there as you would expect.
 
I'd have to have a look when I got home (not got Windows 7 at work, unsurprisingly!). I do recollect it being there one minute but gone after I changed it, but I'll double check.

It's usually in 'Properties' under a separate tab, if I didn't make that clear (re-reading, I'm not sure I did).
 
I have done this in 7 in a previous build by changing the registry values. I cant remember exactly but it was something like %USERPROFILE%\Documents that I changed to D:\Documents.

Annoyingly though, in Vista and 7 you have individual folders to map for music and documents and vids, etc. Whereas in XP I changed one location and was sorted forever...
 
I've checked mine, and it's there.

1. Double click the Icon on the desktop for your username - this brings up your Personal Folders. This is only accessible from either this shortcut, or the shortcut in the start menu. It doesn't appear to be in the My Computer folder tree anymore, as they've replaced it with libraries.

2. Right click the one you want to change, and click properties.

3. Change the location in the 'Location' tab.
 
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