Thursday, April 11, 2013

How To Change "Desktop", "Favoriates", "My Music", "My Video" Default Location in Windows 7

1. In Windows 7, click on Microsoft Logo button (left bottom corner), in "Search program and files"
    field, type "regedit", then hit "Enter" key



2.  In the left pane, locate and then click the following registry key:
     HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer >
     User Shell Folders



3. In the right window pane, Double Click on the required value, for example, Desktop



4. In the "Vaule Data:" field, the default vaule is "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
    You can now change it to - i.e. "D:\MyDesktop", then click "OK" button to save
    This will move your default "Desktop" folder from your profile folder to "D:\MyDesktop"
    folder.    


 5. Done or you can repeat step 3 & 4 to change other folders

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