Change default location of the My Videos folder.

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

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Description:
Generally, "my videos" folder is found inside the my documents folder and can be used to store videos. The "my videos" folder may have the option to display thumbnail image of each file (avi, divx etc.) and play all of these files successively. If additional user accounts are created on your computer, windows creates the "my videos" folder for each account. This setting enables you to change the default location/path of the "my videos" folder. For this, go to start > run, enter "regedit" and search the keys listed below. You can create "my video" in "shell folders" key as string value, if this value does not exist. Now, double-click the value name "my video" under "shell folders" key, to define a new path in the value data field for storing your video collection. Refresh view of your computer for the changes to take effect. Note: after changing the path you have to copy all your video files from the old "my videos" folder location to the new location. Then, youll have all your videos at the new location. All subsequent videos 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.