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No problems on my computer with multiple accounts. MS also documented how to customize the default account settings.

 

Sorry, my bad -- I was interested in moving my Documents and Settings folder (not just My Documents), as Docs & Settings contains important personal entries (esp. in \[User]\Local Settings\Applications\)!

 

And that divides the folder "D:\My Documents" in users, so that each user sees his documents only and not the documents of the other users, when he logs in his account

 

In that case you need nLite, that makes a customized "Windows Installation CD" for you.
I've done this and the complete folder was moved to [D:] and didn't exist anymore on [C:]. All registries were changed as well.
I installed MS Office 2000 to see if the default folder settings were changed and they all contained [D:] instead of [C:].
I didn't go any further with installing the rest of my softwares, but it looked very promising. Even the virtual folder "My Documents" contained the documents on [D:]. I couldn't see any mistake.

 

That seems like a great idea, but it could have unexpected side effects.
A better idea is to open regedit and check these keys:

Code:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name]

Yes, it looks like this:

Code:

D:\Users\%username%\My Documents
D:\Users\%username%\Address Book
D:\Users\%username%\Favorites
D:\Users\%username%\Mozilla\Firefox
D:\Users\%username%\Mozilla\Thunderbird

Etcetera.

All you need is a winnt.sif file on floppy with instructions. And have that in the floppy drive during installation.

 

nLite does alot more than just moving the folder. I prefer a complete customized Windows Installation CD as a replacement for my original CD instead of a workaround, that most users won't know or understand.
If a newbie like me can work with nLite everybody can.

 

Thank ya Wilbert!!

Thanks,

Chris

 

wil, would you please elaborate on this?

 

Yes, but wouldn't that mandate a fresh install using the nLite'd Windows CD (and all of my apps)?

 

That requires a fresh install from scratch. You can't move that folder without having at least two partitions. nLite Windows CD does that separation for you automatically during installing Windows.
It depends on how much you want that separation. If I really want something, I get it done no matter what it costs (time or money).
In this case it only costs time, because nLite is freeware.
nLite can also be used to streamline Windows at free will and that can be later usefull to reduce your backup time or having smaller snapshots.

 

I'm not sure how I can fill you in?
When you start regedit (from the runbox in the start menu) and browse throught the tree to the named keys, you get something like this:

http://www.geocities.com/wilbertnl/images/regedit.png

In the statusbar you see the key.

As you can see, it's possible to edit the data to your liking. You do that for every user account.

 

What I meant was I don't know what you are suggesting should be done when you say 'check these keys' (i.e., how do you suggest I edit the data)?

 

It's probably easier and safer when you use Microsoft's tweakui in order to move these folders.