Shared Documents (How to move)

[wikoh]

I've tried to assign a different location to Shared Documents, using TweakUI, but it won't have any effect. Anyone knows of the registry setting?

[homecomputeraid]

What kind of OS for the Shared Documents? Is it a peer-to-peer (home), or Active Directory (Corporate Server) environment?

[nellie2]

Oops, I think WillKoh pressed the wrong button when he replied, here is his answer;

It's peer-to-peer , and the shared documents exisfs on a local computer even if there's no network....

[Zfactor]

How-To: (click here)

Open Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) and navigate to:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

In the right-pane, double-click "Common Documents". The default value is:

"%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents".

Change the value to the redirected folder, say 'D:\SharedDocs'

To redirect the Shared Music, Shared Pictures and Shared Video folder along

with Shared Documents, try this:

[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

In the right-pane:

- Create a REG SZ named CommonMusic and set it's path

- Create a REG SZ named CommonPictures and set it's path

- Create a REG SZ named CommonVideo and set it's path

No space in between these words (CommonVideo, CommonMusic, CommonVideo).

One space in between (Common Documents)

Logoff and login back. See that the Shared folders are now redirected

successfully.

OR

Easy to script the change with e.g. VBScript, below is a

script that does this (put it in a file with .vbs extension

and double click on it).

'--------------------8<----------------------

' Change to correct path here

sMyPath = "U:\Something"

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

oShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\" _

& "Explorer\Shell Folders\Common Documents", sMyPath, "REG_SZ"

oShell.RegWrite "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\" _

& "Explorer\User Shell Folders\Common Documents", sMyPath, "REG_EXPAND_SZ"

WScript.Echo "Finished, please log off and on to see the change"

'--------------------8<----------------------

[wikoh]

...and how can I change "ALLUSERSPROFILE% to say, D:\All so I dont have to change each setting?

[wikoh]

I just what to inform everyone that I've solved it, you just have to create an ALLUSERSPROFILE env.variable, and it will become in effect even thought windows' doesn't use one by default (at least not one you can see)...

[Zfactor]

...and how can I change "ALLUSERSPROFILE% to say, D:\All  so I dont have to change each setting?

Erm, glad to see you solved the problem, but what I don't get is that the quote I stuck up there says to just change the alluserprofile line to whatever you want to...

If that didn't work can you tell me so that I don't direct other people to this link in the future?

thanks.