Change My Documents Destination

[ikevin]

Hey Everyone!

Does anyone know how to change the My Documents Folder's destination in the winnt.sif file for an unattended windows xp installation?

It's default is C:\Documents and Settings\%UserName%\My Documents and I want the destination to set at H:\ when installing windows.

Thank for everyone's support!

[tap52384]

This seemed to work for me--I believe the same procedures for my pictures and my videos should work also.

;--set my documents folder
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\My Documents"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Personal"="D:\\My Documents"

[ikevin]

SWEET! It worked great! THANK YOU tap52384!

NOTE TO OTHER USERS: If you want to redirect My Documents to a Root Drive (ex: H:\) then you make sure that you enter H:\\ as the directory.

So here is what I used:

;Set My Documents Directory
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal"="H:\\"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Personal"="H:\\"

[osmaren]

Hey guys

I tried to add the following lines to my winnt.sif. But i get an error right in the beginning of the installation after the hardware check.

The error says there is something wrong in the line

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths]

Can I use [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE] at this stage of installation???

Here is the whole part:

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup="Homeworld"


;Set My Documents Directory

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DocFolderPaths]
"Wolfi"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\Wolfi"
"Tanja"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\Tanja"
"Ralf"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\Ralf"
"Vati"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\Vati"
"Mutti"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\Mutti"


;Set Settings Directories

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Desktop"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Desktop"
"Personal"="D:\\Eigene Dateien\%USERNAME%"
"Programs"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Startmenü\Programme"
"SendTo"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\SendTo"
"Start Menu"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Startmenü"
"Startup"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Startmenü\Programme\Autostart"
"Templates"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Vorlagen"
"My Pictures"=D:\\Eigene Dateien\%USERNAME%\Bilder
"Cookies"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\%USERNAME%\Cookies"
"My Music"="E:\\"


;Set All Users Directories

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
"Common Desktop"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Desktop"
"Common Start Menu"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü"
"Common Startup"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü\Programme\Autostart"
"Common Templates"="D:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Vorlagen"


;set time server
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DateTime\Servers]
@="1"
"1"="ptbtime2.ptb.de"
"2"="ntps1-1.cs.tu-berlin.de"

"Eigene Dateien" = "My Documents"

thanks for your help in upfront