Change default location of the My Documents folder.

With this setting, you can change the default location/path of the "My Documents" folder. Upon changing the path, all subsequent files will be saved by default at the new location.

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Description:
Every user has some files and folders of personal use on his computer. The "my documents" folder is the users personal folder where he normally saves all his documents, pictures, music and other personal files. If more than one user account is created on the computer, windows creates the "my documents" folder for each account. This setting enables you to change the default location/path of the "my documents" folder. For this, go to start > run, enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. Now, double-click the value name "personal" under "shell folders" and "user shell folders" keys respectively, to define a new path in their value data fields for your "my documents" folder. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: after changing the path, you have to copy all your "my documents" files from the old location to the new location. Then, youll have all your personal files and folders at the new location. All subsequent files will be saved at the new location by default. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.