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I currently have a desktop with one big drive in it. I have a C: and a D: partition. C: is for my Windows OS and programs, and D: is for my data. I have My Documents configured to my D: partition.
I have an SSD that I plan to use as my new OS/programs drive - I will install a fresh copy of Windows onto that new drive. What I'd like to do then is reestablish the new install's My Documents to point to the My Documents already on my data partition.
I know how to change the location of My Documents to point to a new location; will this also work for changing the location to point to an exising location?
2Works great. The process was actually simpler than I thought it would be...I found that you can just change the location, and it then prompts you if you want it to move over the existing files. Choosing no works fine, and it immediately switches over to the new location. – Dan – 2010-02-06T06:17:39.960
Awesome, I may make use of that myself... – DCookie – 2010-02-06T13:55:18.983
1One caveat I just disovered the most recent time I moved: I had dropbox installed, and when I moved my documents folder, the dropbox install thought I removed ALL the files. So I had to un-delete them all via the website. I think the fix for this would be to unlink or uninstall dropbox before the move and reinstall or relink after the move. – Dan – 2012-07-24T00:24:08.003