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move the My Documents folder to another drive

Anonymous
2010-02-04T21:20:16+00:00

Hi! I just upgraded from Win XP Pro to Win 7x 64. no problems! I would like to relocate the My Documents folder, from my C drive to my D drive. I was able to do this in XP, but do not know the procedure for win 7? Any advice or information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-02-04T22:59:32+00:00

    The My Documents folder is part of Windows 7's new *Documents Library.*A library combines multiple folders that contain similar types of files.

    To move your documents to the D drive:

    1. Create a new documents folder on the D drive.
    2. Right-click the new folder and click Include in Library > Documents .
    3. Click Start > Documents .
    4. Double-click My Documents to show its contents.
    5. Drag and drop the files to the new folder.
    6. Press F5 to refresh the view.
    7. Under Documents Library , click locations .
    8. Right-click the new folder and click Set as default save location .
    9. [Optional] Click My Documents and click Remove .

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-08-12T04:57:39+00:00

    Right click on My Documents - [Properties] - Location - Move

    I performed Steve Winograd's solution and, though it was a good one, ended up wasting a bunch of time fiddling around with adding and removing folders from the Libraries.

    ^^^ This solution is more correct. However, its missing a step. The solution is the following:

    1. Click Start
    2. Click [User]
    3. Right-click My Documents
    4. Click Properties
    5. Select the Location tab
    6. Click the "Move..." button
    7. Find your new folder
    8. Click the Select Folder button
    9. Click Apply or OK

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-25T21:58:10+00:00

    While this approach works it has a major flaw. If you keep your documents in the default location (C:\Users\My Documents) it will keep security settings such that other users in the PC would not have access to your documents (likewise for Pictures, etc.).

    However, if you move the folder as described or using the Properties's Location tab, it will gladly move it but it will not keep the security settings! Once you move them every user can browse into each other's documents, a restricted user account can browse the Administrator's account just as if it was a public folder.

    This flaw has been observed since Windows XP. If you move a library folder to another location (usually another drive to keep an OS partition separate from a data partition) then it should also ensure that the user account's privacy settings are left unmodified as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-05-16T05:51:10+00:00

    Right click on my documents - Location - Move

    I had to Right click on my documents -> Properties -> Location -> Move

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-12-21T15:54:56+00:00

    Right click on my documents - Location - Move

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