xleonx Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Hi everyone,I created my account as i came across this thread: I want to have all new user account to have "My Documents", "Desktop" and "Favorites" created on "D:\System\%username%" instead of "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%"By running: reg load "HKU\CUSTOM" "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT"I navigate to "HKU\CUSTOM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" and changed the path for data "Personal", "Desktop", "Favorites" and "My Pictures".e.g. for "Personal", I change the "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents" to "D:\System\%username%\My Documents".When i create a new user, "My Documents", "Desktop" and "Favorites" are created on the "D:\System\%username%\" successfully. However inside these folders are empty. There is no "My Music", "My Pictures" and "My Video" unlike when these are created under "C:\Documents and Settings\%username%"I tried adding keys for "My Music" and "My Video" under "HKU\CUSTOM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" but the 3 folders inside My Documents never get created.How and where do i need to tweak inside the registry so "My Music", "My Pictures" and "My Video" can be created under "D:\System\%username%\My Documents" ? Edited June 21, 2011 by xleonx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xleonx Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 anyone any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 What version of Windows are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiefZeke Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 The book: "Microsoft Windows Registry Guide" ISBN 0-7356-2218-3 by Jerry Honeycutt on pages 132-133 is the only source I've found that has explicit instructions on 'Special Folders' and how to redirect them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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