Is there any way to change the location of Start menu folders?

So I recently partitioned my hard drive and I copied my main user folders (Documents, Pictures, etc) to the new partition. I'd like to link the start menu user folders to the new partition somehow, but I don't know if that's possible. I want to be able to click on the start menu user folders and have them open in the new partition.

I attached a picture to provide clarification of what I mean.

 

That's easy, just right click on each start menu entry that you want to change. Then open properties. When that window opens, switch to the Location tab, and enter the file path you wish to have the Icon point to.

Now for the main user folder (your name) I'm not too sure, as that one looks like it cannot be changed.

 

If you right click the link in the start menu - search thorugh the tabs - one should be called "Path" (Translated from German OS) - try moving the folder.

Or else, if you already moved your files "find target", or something like that.

That should do the trick if I understand the problem correctly.

 

actually, this is pretty simple. there's a better way to do it than changing targets - vista allows you to actually move the location of the folder.

go to c:/users/(yourusername)/

right click the folders you want to move, go to properties. you will see a tab called location. just change the driver letter in the address to the new driver letter. post back if you need help.

EDIT: think someone beat me to it.

 

Wow do I feel stupid lol

Thanks.

The only folder that I can't seem to change the location for is the main user folder (in my case "Steve" as seen in my picture). How do I change the location of this folder?

 

I wouldn't try to. Your operating system is obviously on the same partition as your user folder. The user folder is just linked to wayyyy to many important OS files/registry entries. It would cause too many complications.

 

Ah I see.

Well, issue solved. Thanks guys!

 

P.S., I'm on a RAID array setup so I have my pictures, music, videos, and games on a separate partition.

Unfortunately, when you install games, you will see that the default directory that they install to is still C:/program files/ or C:/program files (x86)/ instead of on your new partition. This can be changes in the registry in XP pretty easily, but when trying to change it in Vista, I've had several complications. This is because Vista has a 64-bit registry and a 32-bit registry, and for some reason this causes severe complications. I eventually just decided to manually change the installation directory every time I was installing something. Just a word from the wise. Good luck.

 

Yeah I'm actually leaving all of my programs/games in the default C drive. I figured it would be too much of a hassle transferring everything over all the time.