Windows 10: Multiple Documents, etc folders

Discus and support Multiple Documents, etc folders in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; My Win7 had My Documents, My Downloads, etc setup on the D drive. The default for Win 10 after the upgrade has the C drive Users area as default. There... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by maarkr, Aug 11, 2015.

  1. MAARKR
    maarkr Win User

    Multiple Documents, etc folders


    My Win7 had My Documents, My Downloads, etc setup on the D drive. The default for Win 10 after the upgrade has the C drive Users area as default. There is no location tab on the Win10 folders. How can I get the default to save to the D drive?

    :)
     
    maarkr, Aug 11, 2015
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  2. WHBURLING
    whburling Win User

    Changing the name of my default folders (W10) creates side effects

    RATIONALE FOR CHANGING DEFAULT FOLDER NAMES:

    I have multiple computers on my LAN all connected to one account in the cloud. In the cloud I end up with multiple "Documents" folders and Music folders etc. Which computer owns which "Documents" folder? Which Music folder? etc.

    It makes sense to me that if I change the default folder names to include the computer name then I always know the origin of the default folders. Ie: Mist Documents informs me that the documents within are stored on the computer Mist.

    The GUI interface grayed out the folder name preventing me from using the standard interface to change their names.

    Windows 10 allowed me to change the default folder names if I used the command window. Which I did.

    The content is, indeed, in the folder with the changed name. Thus the process appeared to work. I then rebooted.

    THE PROBLEM

    If i reboot, the operating system (W10) adds the original default folder names on new folders. My data is in the folder with the changed default folder name. Ie: Mist Documents does contain my documents. But now I have not only Mist Documents but also
    "Documents" which contains only the minimal default internal folders that all Document default folders contain. If I delete these empty (of my content) default folders, the o/s recreates them upon the next rebooting.

    OBJECTIVE

    To instruct the operating system to NOT add a "Documents" folder or any other default folder to the User's first level directory (c:\users\username\)

    and to ensure that the OS treats my renamed default folders in the same way as the OS treated my original default folders.
     
    whburling, Aug 11, 2015
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  3. MOSO_1010
    MOSO_1010 Win User
    Move Windows 10 Personal Folders to a separate partition on same hard drive

    How do I move Personal Folders in Windows 10 to a separate partition on the same hard drive? Will future program installations automatically use this new location to store personal files such as documents, downloads, pictures, ...etc.? And will Windows
    10 work well with multiple partitions?
     
    MOSO_1010, Aug 11, 2015
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