How to change the location of default user folders in Windows. How to change the location of the My Documents folder in Windows How to change the location of a file in Windows 10
operating room Windows system by default provides users with special folders to save their data, such as Documents, Music, Videos, Images and so on. Most programs are configured to save user data in these directories. By default, all these folders are located on drive C: in the section Users. However, if your operating system If you become depressed and the only method of treatment is a complete reinstallation with disk formatting, then all your data will be lost forever. Therefore, I want to remind, especially novice users, a simple way to avoid these troubles.
So for safe storage your data, even if Windows fails, you must first take care of transferring it to another disk. It's best if your computer has two physical drives, but another partition of the same drive will work too.
The first step is to open your home directory, which is located at
C:\Users\Username
Then select the folder that you want to transfer, right-click on it and select to context menu paragraph Properties. In the window that appears, go to the tab Location.
Here we see three buttons, we are interested in the middle one - Move. After clicking it, a folder selection window appears in which we must specify the new location of the standard directory. All that remains is to confirm your choice by clicking OK, and then allow the files to be transferred to a new location in the pop-up dialog box.
Such easy setup, applied to all the folders you need with your data, can save a huge amount of nerves and time in the event of a sudden failure of Windows. You simply reinstall the system, then again specify the path to your data folders on another drive and get back all your photos, movies, music, documents and even your Desktop. I recommend that you do this simple maneuver immediately after installing the system.
We are all familiar with the folder My documents, it is located in the user’s personal folder, namely at this address: C:\Users\Name\Documents(in the Russian edition, Users are displayed instead of Users, and My Documents are displayed instead of Documents).
There are situations when it would be very good to place this folder in another location, for example on another disk or partition - this will save space on system disk.
By the way, if you have two physical disks, then it is better to install games on another disk, and large programs too, all this will distribute the load - the system disk will be less loaded and Windows will work more responsively than if you installed everything on one disk .
How to set a new folder for documents in Windows 7?
This method will allow you to make sure that all new documents are stored in a different place. That is, the folder My documents will remain in its place along with the files in it, but the default for documents will be the new folder you specified.
In Windows 7 there is such a thing as “libraries” and their number is four - Videos, Documents, Images, Music. But we are only interested in one - Documents (other libraries can be configured as well).
Go to folder properties Documents(to do this, open Computer, and on the left in the list there will be Libraries):
One library can have several folders, and you can add them all yourself (click Add folder...):
For example, I'll add the folder C:\Documents, but you can create such a folder on another drive, I just have one drive C and that’s it:
After this, the folder you just specified will appear in your list. For it to be the main one now, you need to click on it and select Set the save folder:
That's all, after this you now have a new location for your documents.
But you just asked it new folder by default, files from the old folder will not be moved to the new one. Of course, you can do this yourself, but it is better to use the method that I will describe below.
How do I move the My Documents folder?
To do this, go to the folder properties My documents(which is located in the library Documents).
Requirements.
The article is applicable for Windows 2000/XP/Vista.
Information
By default, the My Documents folder is located at:
C:\Documents and Settings\ <имя
вашего пользователя>
\My documents
But you can easily change this location to one that is more convenient for you. For example, it is useful to move the "My Documents" folder to another drive, i.e. so that the folder is not stored on the system drive “C”, but on an additional one, for example “D”. This will allow you to save all data (which is stored in the "My Documents" folder) in the event of a system crash.
Change the location of the "My Documents" folder.
Windows 2000/XP.
1. Right-click on the "My Documents" folder;
2. Select the menu item " Properties";
3. In the "Properties: My Documents" window, go to the " tab Destination folder";
4. In the "Folder" field, enter a new location and click " Apply";
5. The system will tell you that there is no such folder and will offer to create it, click the " button Yes";
6. Next, the system will ask you to move all documents from the old location to the new one, click the " Yes";
Windows Vista.
1. Open the folder with the user files, it is called the username. For example, if your user admin, then the folder is called " admin";
2. Right-click on the folder whose location you want to change, for example “Download”;
3. Select the menu item " Properties";
4. In the "Properties" window:<имя
папки>"go to tab" Folder";
5. In the text field, enter a new location and click " Apply";
6. The system will tell you that there is no such folder and will offer to create it, click the " button Yes";
7. Next, the system will ask you to move all documents from the old location to the new one, click the " Yes";
As a rule, all files downloaded from the Internet: programs, music, movies, torrents, ISO images, and so on, are saved in the “Downloads” folder, which in Windows OS is located by default on the system drive (C:). Over time, the size of this folder can reach quite impressive sizes - from several to tens of Gigabytes, and become one of the reasons for the catastrophic lack of free space on drive C or even lead to its overflow. Therefore, it would be very advisable to change the location of the “Downloads” folder, choosing for its location not the system drive, but another local drive, for example (D:).
How to move your Downloads folder to another drive
There are at least several ways to do this.
First (change the location in the folder properties):
- Open "This PC" in Windows Explorer 10 (...or From → Users → Folder with your username → Downloads) → right-click on the “Downloads” folder → select “Properties”;
- Location → change the default path manually, or, using the “Move” button, specify the path to the desired folder on another local drive → Apply;
- "Do you want to move all the files from the old location to the new one?" → Yes → OK.
Second method (easier)
Third method (via the system registry editor):
As a result, regardless of the chosen method, all previously downloaded files will be transferred to a new location, freeing up space on drive C, and new downloads will no longer be saved on the system drive, but in the folder you specified.
