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    - How to move the Users folder in win7? -

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by -Maximus-, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. -Maximus-

    -Maximus- Notebook Consultant

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    How do you move the Users folder to another partition and have win7 recognize it as being there so that all new media goes there?

    If you don't know what I'm referring to I'm talking about the Users folder in the main windows installation partition. I want anything I download, photos, documents, all that stuff, to default to a Users folder in my storage partition because my win7 partition is only 20Gb


    Thanks for the help guys
     
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    can't/shouldn't

    The users folder is a reserved system folder of the same status as /windows.

    But within your download programs there should be configurable items for what folders to use for storing downloads.
     
    newsposter, Nov 10, 2009
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  3. -Maximus-

    -Maximus- Notebook Consultant

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    there's gotta be a way...

    :(
     
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  4. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    You can only move the folders (music, pics, downloads, etc) in the User folder. Go to C drive >Users>yourname> ,right click "My Music" > properties > Location > Move and enter the desired partition.
     
    coolguy, Nov 10, 2009
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  5. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    You can also just add new directories to your libraries. I'm not at my desktop now so I can't tell you exactly how, but you can put multiple folders in your media search list.
     
    Pitabred, Nov 11, 2009
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  6. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

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    if you click on Libraries in explorer, then e.g. Documents, then under the heading Documents Library, click on the link ''Includes: x locations''
    there you can organise and add new ones. this a good feature to use as you can leave the default intact and just add your own locations/folders as links
     
    gazzacbr, Nov 13, 2009
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