you'll need to make changes in your Registry. if you wanna give it a shot, go ahead. as you know, playing with the Registry can have disastrous consequences, so think thrice before trying this hack. it worked for me, but i'm using Visual C# Express 2005. also, backup both Registry keys before you start. the 2 Registry keys below have REG_EXPAND_SZ values that reference the location of your "My Documents" folder. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSDN\8.0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VCSExpress\8.0 replace said location with a path that points to the folder you've chosen to hold your VS projects. examples: D:\Development\VS\ D:\Development\VS\Templates\ItemTemplates NOTE-1: before you change anything, notice that some of the paths that appear in those 2 Registry keys end with a backslash ("\") character. for such keys, make sure your replacement path also ends with a "\". only use the ending backslash in those values that contained ending backslashes originally! NOTE-2: changes are only needed on those keys i mentioned. dont worry about any of their "sub-keys". NOTE-3: these changes might require you to register VS again. it's unlikely, though. i didnt have to.