How on Earth do I 'move' the default Users/... to a different folder/drive?
Does anyone know, anywhere?

Previously on XP

C:/My Documents and Settings/My User

moved to

D:/My User

I have tried and failed to move the default location of just one of the
folders in the User/... directory to the D drive.

Tried to move

C:/Users/.../downloads
to
D:/My User/...

All it did was change

D:/My User/... folder
to
D:/downloads

Whenever I try and move another C;user/folder anywhere on the D: drive,
Vista puts it in the D:/downloads folder. When I check the D:/downloads
folder, it isnt there....

I cant be alone in this.... Although I feel like a lonely voice, crying
meekly in the dark...

Don't think in terms of XP. You will have to relearn how to do things in
Vista.
"William Topping" <william.topping******.com> wrote in message
news:EC7624E8-9EF7-4EC5-A00B-5FCDE37C1E09@microsoft.com...
> How on Earth do I 'move' the default Users/... to a different
> folder/drive? Does anyone know, anywhere?
>
> Previously on XP
>
> C:/My Documents and Settings/My User
>
> moved to
>
> D:/My User
>
> I have tried and failed to move the default location of just one of the
> folders in the User/... directory to the D drive.
>
> Tried to move
>
> C:/Users/.../downloads
> to
> D:/My User/...
>
> All it did was change
>
> D:/My User/... folder
> to
> D:/downloads
>
> Whenever I try and move another C;user/folder anywhere on the D: drive,
> Vista puts it in the D:/downloads folder. When I check the D:/downloads
> folder, it isnt there....
>
> I cant be alone in this.... Although I feel like a lonely voice, crying
> meekly in the dark...
>

Ahh, so is there anyway to point the virtual folders in the users directory
to a different drive.

I would have thought the default save location for IE, Office, etc would be
C:/Users/.... And its basically this location which I wish to change. And
without changing it in each application. When I change the location in XP,
whenever I save using an application, the default is now my D:/MyDocs/
destination.

I find this very useful. Im sure its possible in Vista. Its nice to think
in schematics and all, but if the default save location is my C: Drive, its
going to get full pretty quick...

And could u elaborate on how what I ask is acheiveable by thinking in Vista
rather than XP?

"SAM-R" <SAM-R@news.postalias> wrote in message
news:%23tk0d7v6GHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Don't think in terms of XP. You will have to relearn how to do things in
> Vista.
> "William Topping" <william.topping******.com> wrote in message
> news:EC7624E8-9EF7-4EC5-A00B-5FCDE37C1E09@microsoft.com...
>> How on Earth do I 'move' the default Users/... to a different
>> folder/drive? Does anyone know, anywhere?
>>
>> Previously on XP
>>
>> C:/My Documents and Settings/My User
>>
>> moved to
>>
>> D:/My User
>>
>> I have tried and failed to move the default location of just one of the
>> folders in the User/... directory to the D drive.
>>
>> Tried to move
>>
>> C:/Users/.../downloads
>> to
>> D:/My User/...
>>
>> All it did was change
>>
>> D:/My User/... folder
>> to
>> D:/downloads
>>
>> Whenever I try and move another C;user/folder anywhere on the D: drive,
>> Vista puts it in the D:/downloads folder. When I check the D:/downloads
>> folder, it isnt there....
>>
>> I cant be alone in this.... Although I feel like a lonely voice, crying
>> meekly in the dark...
>>
>
>