By default, the My Documents folder is used to store all of the user's documents. Also, by default, the location of the "My Documents" folder is the C: drive with the Windows operating system installed. You can change this location using standard Windows tools.
Necessary
Windows 7 / Vista
Instructions
Step 1
Press the "Start" button to bring up the main menu of the system and go to the "Documents" item to change the location of the "My Documents" folder.
Step 2
Call the service menu by right-clicking on the "Documents" field and select the "Properties" item.
Step 3
Go to the "Folder" tab in the "Properties: Documents" window that opens and define the current location of the "My Documents" folder. The default is drive: / Users / username / Documents, where drive is the name of the drive where Windows is installed and username is the account used to log on to the system.
Step 4
Click the Move button to change the current location of the selected folder.
Step 5
Select the drive and folder to save the Documents folder in the new dialog box.
Step 6
Select the "New folder" item if you need to create a non-existent folder for storing user files in the top panel of the program.
Step 7
Enter the desired folder name and press the Enter key to confirm the command.
Step 8
Highlight the folder you want to transfer and click the Select Folder button at the bottom of the dialog box.
Step 9
Return to the "Properties: Documents" window and click the OK button at the bottom of the "Folder" tab to confirm your choice.
Step 10
Wait for the new "Move Folder" dialog box to appear and click "Yes" to confirm the execution of the move information command.
Step 11
Wait until the end of the process of transferring data from the current folder "My Documents" to the selected folder. The transfer time depends on the amount of information in the folder and the speed of the computer.
Step 12
Click on the “Documents” icon to check the display parameters of the performed data transfer operation and make sure that the location of the “My Documents” folder has indeed been changed.
