)
4. Click OK and then close the Registry Editor when you??™re done.
5. Next, open Windows Explorer, open your profile folder (the one matching
your user name at the top of the tree), and select the Pictures folder
inside.
6. Right-click the desktop.ini file and select Copy. (This file is hidden; see
Chapter 2 for details on setting up Windows Explorer to show hidden
files.)
7. Navigate to your new pictures folder (e.g., d:\Photos), right-click an
empty area of the folder, and select Paste.
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The change should take effect immediately, but you may have to restart any
open applications before they??™ll recognize the new location. (Strictly speaking,
the copying of desktop.ini in steps 5??“7 is optional, but it does help Windows
Explorer display the folders properly.) To test the change, open
Microsoft Paint (mspaint.exe), and select File ??? Open. If the folder that
appears is the folder you chose, then you??™re all done.
You can change the locations of other ???special??? folders with the same technique.
For instance, put the location of your MP3 collection into the My
Music value. Or, put the location of your Media Center recordings into the
My Video value.
Of course, sometimes you??™ll have to make a few other changes, depending
on the applications you have installed. A classic example is Apple??™s iTunes
software. Now, to Apple??™s credit, you can change the location of your music
folder easily by going to Edit ??? Preferences ??? Advanced tab, but iTunes will
continue to store your music library files in your official Music folder.
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