Comments on: Tip of the day: Move the My Documents folder

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:29:35 +0000

Hmmm, Windows Fax and Scan is working fine here with Documents relocated to E:. I’ll see if I can find any other reports of problems.

By: Gary Crim

Gary Crim — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:21:53 +0000

I cannot run Windows Fax and Scan after moving Documents to E: drive. Is there a fix?

By: Eckhart

Eckhart — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:05:49 +0000

I think many people have a problem with starting Windows Fax and Scan after moving their documents folder. Is there a solution?

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:30:11 +0000

Bernhard, I’ve moved my Documents folder to the E: drive, and I have no trouble sending a fax using Windows Fax and Scan.

Where are you experiencing issues?

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:20:33 +0000

After moving the My Documents folder I can not fax any more, because the programm windows fax and scan can not access the new My documents location.. Printing is no problem.. how can this be solved?

By: Nerd

Nerd — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:53:59 +0000

This takes care of moving your My Documents folder, however, if you have a computer in a network situation where multiple users can log onto your machine, the My Documents folder that you move to the new drive (local in my case) can still be accessed by any user who logs on. Do you have a suggestion to maintian the user privacy of the My Documents folder even after relocation?

Thanks,

By: John Holmes

John Holmes — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:30:08 +0000

I want to create a 10gig ‘C’ boot drive with remaining space for virtual memory. So I would like to, by default, relocate the “Program Files” folder to another partition. I’ve already read your moving profiles tip and understand it well. Toss me a bone please.

Thanks Bro.

By: Ian Watkins

Ian Watkins — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Also you can use it to have your My Documents (or any other document folder) on another machine. Great if there’s a couple of you using laptops and have another “server” computer in a peer-to-peer network. Means that you only have to back up the one machine. You can use Off-line folders as well which means you have your documents with you wherever you take your laptop. I’ve set it up for a number of people and they love it. My SBS clients *always* get it.

Thanks for the great blog.

Ian Watkins

By: Zaine Ridling

Zaine Ridling — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

I hear that Microsoft is dropping the redundant “My” prefix to its folders in Longhorn. Good! I prefer those folders to be prefixed by z_ so they’ll land at the bottom of the folder tree.

By: Online Idea Buzz

Online Idea Buzz — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Computer housekeeping: how to relocate your My Documents folder

Thanks to theofficeweblog for the link to Ed Bott’s great tip on how relocate your My Documents folder to another drive, if your C drive is getting crowded: