5
I've heard people say you should move documents from your Desktop to My Documents, in order to reduce the size of your Windows profile.
Aren't both the Desktop and My Documents part of your profile?
Do you have any other tips for reducing the size of the Windows profile?
5They are both part of your profile, yes, so that seems rather nonsensical. Perhaps this was referring to an earlier version of Windows, or perhaps after moving My Documents to a common location outside your profile, or perhaps simply to moving documents out of both your Desktop, and My Documents. – Jeremy Sturdivant – 2011-02-28T07:45:10.607
1
To add to Jeremy's comment, you can learn about moving "My Documents" location here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147
– Hasan – 2011-02-28T10:32:07.240Another way to reduce your profile is to Not use the Documents folder, just create folder(s) on the C drive, name them anything you want besides Documents or My Documents, then store all your files in there. I don't store anything in the default Documents folder, I have never used it. – Moab – 2011-02-28T17:22:14.600
@Jeremy: Not the same as "My Documents", but Windows accounts can have a separate "home directory", usually a network share, to which the system automatically connects; one might have a small roaming profile and keep all files on a network server. – user1686 – 2011-02-28T17:54:19.980
Why do you want to do this? To save disk space, or for some other purpose? – stone – 2011-03-01T18:48:49.377
2In many organizations, My Documents is redirected to a network share, while the Desktop is still part of a roaming profile. So moving files from the Desktop my My Documents can reduce the size of a roaming profile. – afrazier – 2011-03-01T18:53:46.660
Thanks for your comments Gents. (BTW, where are all the chicks in IT?).
I want to do this to speed up the login time. I am assuming a smaller profile will help achieve this. – Steve – 2011-03-02T04:48:31.900