This is a 2 second fix which will save you time and annoyance if you, like 90% of the users of Windows XP I know, store your documents somewhere else. You can take it two steps further and create a fully redundant and multi-computer environment if your so inclined as well. More on that later.
Every time I open a document, I noticed myself navigating through folders. I’m repeating this action every time I open a new document. Wasted time!
Many reasons exist to relocate the My Documents folder. I like to set up windows machines with a relatively small partition on the main drive, say 50 GB, and the rest goes as files for User Space. I never know what user I might be in, or if another user on my system wants access to My Documents. Finally, if I’m coding, I hate digging through the user folder layers if I have to write some code on the command line. All Tiny Annoyances, all fixable.
I’m being a little tedious here, but I see no excuse for lack of clarity.
- I create a new folder or find the existing folder I wanna make into the default location for My Documents.
- Copy the location into your clipboard.. Keyboard: (CTRL-C)
- If your “My Documents” is on your desktop, right click on it. It may also be lurking in the start menu. Find one of the 10 places it lurks, and right click on it. Go to Properties
- Click on the textbox called Target, and paste. Keyboard (CTRL-V)
- Click OK.
Boom. Your done. You saved a few seconds every time you open a document.