Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Change the Default Location of My Documents

There can be a situation where you run out of space in the drive that includes Windows XP. In such situation, you can change the location of default folders like My Documents. To do this task:-

· Move the My Documents folder to the new location, say [D:].

· Open Registry Editor(Type regedit in the Run Dialog Box)

· Navigate to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\User Shell Folders

· Change the value of the Personal element with the new path, that is, [D:\My Documents].