cobalt27x's Journal: My Documents on My Terms

I have finally done something I have been meaning to do ever since I got my memory key. I have moved the My Documents folder to the memory key so that I can transfer things inside it (like Halo save game files) between my desktop and laptop... without doing anything except plugging the solid state drive into an available USB port.

Not only have the files themselves been transferred, but anything attempting to use the My Documents folder in the future (like many document scanning programs, and (again) Halo (which, by the way, does not let you change where it stores the player profile data)) will go to my newly created one on the key.

Its easy, and if you have a memory key and like carrying your work around with you, here is how to do it:

1) Pop open Start menu
2) Right click on My Documents
3) Click Properties
4) Change the target location to whatever you like (perhaps your memory key?)

Piece of cake.

It even asks you if you want to transfer all of your My Documents files to your new location. I did, and now every program that insists on stuffing its data into the My Documents folder will now do so by my own design :D

So take that, Microsoft, for attempting to make me need to copy my Halo profiles over and over again. You can take your poor design and sit on it.

Re:Backups

[cobalt27x]

I always have a backup of my key whenever important changes occur on my desktop, usually about once every week. Makes life... safe.