reor Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm running Windows XP Home SP2 and would like to know, if it's possible to change the default "documents and settings" user profile path to something shorter like "c:\user". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 you'd have to change the %USERPROFILE% environmental variable, which involves editing the registry. needless to say with such a potentially OS-crippling change, make backups first. If your just doing this so that you dont have to type 'C:\documents and settings\blah\' over and over again, you could allways type either '%userprofile%' or 'C:\docume~1\blah', to get the same result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 If memory serves, you can also do this via computer policy, but it's a little cumbersome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 If memory serves, you can also do this via computer policy, but it's a little cumbersome. You can indeed, an good google search will show you how, I did it about 18 months ago when I got my new PC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reor Posted July 7, 2006 Author Share Posted July 7, 2006 Thanks. Do you have Home or Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Quick related question: if you go to control pannel > system > advanced > environmental variables, you can change lots of the environmental variables (gasp). But not all of them (not %userprofile%, for example). i'm curiouse: why are only some of them there, do you reacon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 If memory serves, the environment variables are very old tech, intended to give old DOS programs shortcuts to new file locations in Windows. It's just not intended for that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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