We have prepared a standard system folder for us on the Desktop - My Documents. This is a natural place in which it is advisable to create new folders and put everything that you have created with your own hands into them. The My Documents folder has several important properties.
Consumer approach
Firstly, if several people work with one computer, then you can make sure that when you turn on the computer, each user is introduced to the operating system, and then everyone will have their own personal My Documents folder on the Desktop. That is, in this case, many directories will be created on the hard drive...\My Documents, but each computer user will deal only with his own directory.
Secondly, imagine that in five minutes they will take away your computer, and in return they will give you a new one, even better. In this case, you urgently need to save all your work. If they are scattered everywhere, it can take hours to find them, and still something valuable will be forgotten. If they are stored in one place, it is enough to take care of the safety of the contents of only one folder - (at least in the office).
Thirdly, the advantage of this “magic” folder is associated with the features of most application programs. Windows Applications are designed in such a way that when we need to save something on the hard drive, it is first suggested to do it in the My Documents folder. Of course, it’s easy to choose any other folder as a storage location or create a new one, but the My Documents folder is still more accessible.
Professional approach
Despite its advantages, the My Documents folder has one important drawback - it is systemic. It is rare, but unfortunately, it happens that the operating room Windows system fails. This is not very scary, because reinstalling the operating system is a simple matter. However, it also happens that along with the operating system, its system folders, including My Documents, also perish. Believe me, it’s very disappointing when, after an accident, everything that was on the hard drive remains safe and sound, with the exception of the My Documents folder, but the most valuable things are stored there! By the way, the desktop is also system folder Windows, so you shouldn’t store your work on it for a long time either.
It is best to create a personal space on drive “D” (you may have “E” or “F”, etc.), it is important that this is not the system partition in which the operating system is installed. If you have one partition, create this folder in the same partition - in case of a system crash - before reinstalling the system, you must hard drive connect to another computer and copy the data.
To store our documents, create a folder, for example D:\My works.
1. Open the window - My Computer.
2. Open the D: drive window.
3. Create a folder D:\My Works (or name it as you wish).
4. Move the folder - My Documents. The path where the system folder is located is My Documents, in the figure below.
On the folder - My Documents of the system partition "C", click right click mouse - then Properties. In the window that appears, select the tab - Location, click - Move and point to our created folder - Moi trudi from section D:
After which the system will make a request to move objects:
By agreeing to this action, we transfer the folder itself and its contents to another hard section disk. Moreover, the created folder will be called - My Documents, and the path will be indicated as: D:\Moi trudi, but it will be system. It is advisable to do this procedure for each user on this computer.
4. After that, right-click on the moved folder and select in the dialog box - send shortcut to desktop. A shortcut will appear on the Desktop - My Documents. In the future, use this shortcut to open the My Documents folder, and if you need to place a document there, you can simply drag its icon onto the folder shortcut (My Documents) and drop it there. The document will go where it needs to go.
You, of course, understood that this principle applies to all possible other folders: Your works, His works, Their works, etc. :) In general, create any folders on hard drives, and place their shortcuts on the Desktop (this is information security), and it would be better if you do - . If something happens to Windows and the contents of the Desktop die untimely, then shortcuts will die, the value of which is zero. All files and directories will safely remain where they were on the hard drive, and reinstallation, operating system will pass without loss.
I’ll finish this topic here, but as a final parting word, let me remind you that each Windows object must have its place strictly defined. Do not start creating or copying anything if such a place has not yet been determined!
You won't be able to move the entire folder, but changing the location of its subsections is very easy. Most likely, there will be no problems with transferring files, but just in case.
Why move the My Documents folder?
- Many important files such as documents, downloads, videos, photos or music are located in the My Documents folder. This partition is automatically created by Windows on drive C - the same place where the operating system is installed.
- If , all these files may disappear. Recovering documents is usually impossible or takes a long time. If your My Documents folder is on a different drive, it will be safe. Even if you reinstall Windows, this process will not affect the contents of the folder in any way, and you will be able to access the files you need.
- Another advantage of moving “My Documents” from drive C is free space. Files should not occupy all memory down to the last byte.
How to move the My Documents folder to Windows?
- The "My Documents" section is located in the user's directory. For example, if UserName is specified as the name, the folder path will look like this: "This PC\ Local disk(C:)\User\UserName".
- To quickly open Windows Explorer, use hotkeys - combination Windows buttons+ E.
- In the My Documents folder, select the subsection you want to move. Right-click on it and open the “Properties” menu.
- In the “Path” tab, enter the new folder address and confirm it by clicking the “OK” or “Apply” button.
The "My Documents" folder is located at C:\Users\... I wanted to put things in order and moved some of the files, including the folder with files Microsoft Outlook, to another place. After that the mail stopped working. I returned the folder back to "My Documents" - the mail started working.
Question: Why are the files that are responsible for the performance of, in general, the computer located in the folder in which by default all files created in other programs are saved, and not somewhere in a less visited place, for example in Program Files?
Paul03-17 | March 28, 2017, 10:29 pm
I won’t reveal any terrible secrets... This is the location of the files mail program selected by default (it can, by the way, be changed) due to the fact that this is the easiest way to implement multi-user functionality for a local system. The program is installed alone, and the user profile is in his user folder, which is located by default... well, now you know where it is. Thus, each user has his own profile for Outlook.
SirSilver | 10 March 2012, 18:47
In general, the folders My Documents, Desktop, Favorites ( Internet Explorer) and others are installed on drive C during system installation. When installing a system, Microsoft does not ask where and what to install, as it did when installing W98. In my opinion, not everyone has more than one disk, i.e. drive C, so MS felt these questions might be misleading. But there is an answer file Unattend.txt, with which you can determine where and what to install when installing the system. You can install the system as it is, and then move the folders to the desired location using the registry editor or some tweaker, and for the My Documents folder you can generally use its properties.
Sergey | 7 March 2012, 16:40
We must keep in mind that Microsoft employs traders, not creators. A clear proof of this is the poppy, vulgar interface of all Windows. Where can a sausage maker put, say, a book? That's right, in the refrigerator. The system is configured to record the location of files in certain locations. For example, I once dragged a folder with a game from “Program Files”, where it was installed by default, into the “Games” folder and the game began to “slow down” - the computer could not quickly find it in the right place. And when I dragged it back, the game started running.
Victor | 7 March 2012, 05:07
I answer your question: developers from Microsoft Corporation have their own ideas about where, what and how to mix. For more details (if you are very interested), you can ask them on their corporate blog. Their logic, of course, is not always clear, but... don’t bother yourself with unnecessary things, accept things as they are.
And the "Program Files" folder is the same popular place for experimenters with playful hands. I understand that if you feel the urge, you can move something from there somewhere...
And a personal wish for you: you don’t need to climb where you shouldn’t. And you don’t need to touch something you absolutely don’t understand. Here it works - and don’t touch it! Otherwise, one day you will crash your system and will not be able to go online to ask here: “Why doesn’t it work?”...
And given your low computer level, I would recommend that you “Create order” (I quote you) using the means and methods officially recommended by the developer, i.e. by Microsoft Corporation. I don’t think that going where you entered and manually moving something from there to another place is what they recommend. You take your own initiative at your own peril and risk. Like, you swim into the depths without knowing how to swim. Visit the Microsoft Corporation website more often - principles and tips on how to care for your computer, how to improve performance, how to ensure safety, how to restore and maintain order, etc. are presented there in Russian and in an accessible manner. Read and use the methods and techniques that the developer offers. You can learn basic knowledge there.
My Documents folder- this is the directory of a specific operating system user, where all his files are located by default. In Windows XP, it is initially located here: “X:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents”, where “X” is the name of the OS disk, “User” is the name account, used by the user to log into Windows. However, to ensure greater security of stored information and in other cases, it is sometimes necessary to place this folder somewhere else.
Here we will tell you how in Windows it is possible to change the coordinates of the folder where “My Documents” are stored. Let's say you installed XP and logged into it using your username and password, that is, you logged in using your account.
Keep in mind that by default the My Documents folder contains several other custom directories, such as:
- My videos
- My music
- My drawings
Transferring the My Documents folder. Method one
Then, when the “Properties” window opens, go to the “Destination Folder” tab, there in the “Folder” field the location of “My Documents” will be indicated, which works on at the moment. To move it, click the “Move...” button.
A window will then appear where it says “Select a destination folder.” There we select the drive and folder (to be more sure, it is better to select a non-system partition) in which we want to place “My Documents”. If necessary, create a new one, click “Create folder”, or filter from existing ones and “Enter”.
Also, having created a new one, entering its name, click “Enter”.
Then we indicate the folder where we transfer and “Enter”.
Afterwards, when “Move documents” appears in the dialog box, click “Yes” so that the transfer of our files to the newly selected directory begins.
Well, let's go - the movement of files from the old to the specified new location has begun. The time for this operation depends solely on the capabilities of your computer and the size of the files.
When the transfer is complete, clicking on the “My Documents” icon will open the folder you intended.
The second way to transfer the My Documents folder
- 1 Open the registry editor: Win-R - regedit, or the old fashioned way in Start, click “Run” and enter “regedit”
- 2 We are looking for the section item HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
- 3 On the right we find the “Personal” parameter with the text “%USERPROFILE%\My Documents”
- 4 Change the text of the parameter, indicating the new location where you wanted move My Documents
