I keep all my data in a single data folder. This way I can easily backup all the data on my system just by copying a single folder (of course there is a complex folder structure below). There are times when you need to change the locations of the special ‘My’ folders to make it easier to drop into my data folder. In comes a KB article from MS to show you how.

Of course if you are not comfortable with screwing around in the registry then use the Tweak UI tool from MS. This tool can handle this and so much more.

Link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q242557/

Tweak UI:
http://…/xppowertoys.mspx

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