Moving Default Location of Windows Desktop Files

[[R4A]Bigman]

Hi guys,

I know it is possible to move My Documents on to a different drive and have Windows update all the links so it still works correctly with all the programs. For example, I have My Documents set up on my D:\ drive where I have significantly more space than on my C:\ drive.

The question I'm asking is, is the same idea possible with Windows Desktop? i.e. can all the files etc I drop on to the desktop be dropping onto a location on the D:\ or E:\ for example?

Any comments, suggestions or anything else are more than welcome, as usual

[this_is_gav]

Can't be bothered to find the registry entry, but if you grab TweakUI from Microsoft, there's an option in that (My Computer > Special Folders) to change the location for many of the user folders.

You'll need to log back on/reboot/kill the Explorer.exe process for the changes to take effect.