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Eddie

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Apr 14, 2002, 6:36:46 PM4/14/02
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While I was trying to organize my new OS (XP Home) I was
attempting to move the My Documents folder containing My
Pictures and My Music to a different (larger) partition
of my hard drive. When I did this, the My Documents
folder diasppeared from the "My Computer" viewscreen. I
moved the My Documents folder back to the original
position on the C drive, but I can't seem to manage to
get it to reappear in the "My Computer" view. How do I
get this folder to show up in the "My Computer" view? I
liked this feature. Also, is there a way to move
these "My Documents" folders to a different drive and
still have them show up in the "My Computer" views?

Thank you for any help.

-Eddie

Doug Knox MS-MVP

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Apr 14, 2002, 8:42:53 PM4/14/02
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With a "working" My Documents folder, right click the My Documents folder on the Desktop, Properties, Move.

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Eddie

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Apr 14, 2002, 10:12:28 PM4/14/02
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Thank you for your insight, Doug.

I have a few more questions related to this subject: As
you said, I moved the My Documents folder to another
partition. In that partition, only the My Pictures and
My Music showed up. Is there a way to, in all actuality,
cut and paste the entire My Documents folder and
subfolders to this new drive?

Also, I logged off, and logged in as another user, and
was able to view these files under another username. Is
there any to move the folders and still be able to
maintain the security between users?

I am running XP Home.

Thanks again.

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Doug Knox MS-MVP

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Apr 15, 2002, 12:39:24 AM4/15/02
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To move the other folders, you'll need a third party utility like TweakUI (TweakUI is available with the Windows XP Powertoys from http://www.xp-erience.org/out/misc/PowerToySetup.zip)

For XP Home, by Default, only the My Documents folders in Documents and Settings can be made private. If the partition you moved them to is NTFS, then you can still do it, but it takes a bit more. You'll have to boot the computer into Safe Mode, and access the Administrator account. Now you can right click on a folder, Properties, Security and assign permissions based on user or group to that folder. Again, the partition the folder is on must be NTFS.

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