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moving my document/ library's in windows 7??

Anonymous
2009-10-16T19:27:49+00:00

does anyone know how to move the my documents/ library folders to a seperate drive/ partition from the rest of the operating system??? for example with my xp installation i've got xp on c: drive and moved my documents to e: drive on a totally different HDD.

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p.s why hasn't microsoft made easy like it was in xp (i missed out vista) where you just clicked the my documents icon on the desktop and moved the folder location to the new partition/drive.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-10-16T21:31:20+00:00

    This should do it:

    1. Create a new Documents folder on the desired drive/partition.
    2. Move any existing documents into the folder.
    3. Add the new folder to the Documents library.
    4. (Optional) Remove the old folder from the Documents library.

    To add or remove a folder from the Documents library:

    1. Click Start, type Libraries in the Search box, and press Enter.
    2. Right-click the Documents Library and click Properties.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-10-18T03:36:08+00:00

    I Also wonder about this.. that would mean anything you put in the PERSOANL FOLDER would have to be in a file that is based on the second drive.  so you can't just "throw" something in there and expect it to be on the second drive.

    I want EVERYTHING  in tthe PERSONAL FOLDER,(which I named Kevin) to be on the second drive.  So that anything I drag in there automaticvally goes to the second drive.  I only have a 120GB drive (SSD) for my main drive and don't want to be filling hat up!

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-10T14:57:55+00:00

    I support a decidedly non-technical staff and also some old machines. Simply moving the "My Documents) via right-click to another location in XP was perfect. Why would that get changed? I am finally ditching these ancient XP boxes with Win7. Add the above to great features I miss. I was hoping for a better answer. No offense, just disappointed.

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