Create a new personal user shell folder

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mrgordonz

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Hi there,

I would like to create a completely new personal user shell folder. My setup is as follows:

Hard disk is partitioned as C:\ and D:\ and Vista is installed on C:\. I have used the change location facility to move my main shell folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, and Videos) to folders on D:\. I have also created a new folder on D:\ called Development. I would like to be able to have a shell folder appear under my name which points to the Development folder on D:\.

I tried creating a Development folder under C:\Users\paul\, and this had the desired effect of making a Development folder show up under my name in Windows Explorer. But there is no Location tab like there is for other shell folders.

Any ideas how I can make this folder point to the desired folder on D:\?

Cheers,

Paul
 

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Hi mrgordonz and welcome to Vista Forums :party:

I'm sorry, but there is no way that you can add a new personal shell folder to the ones already available. The nearest that I can suggest is that you make this Development folder a sub-folder in your main Documents folder
 

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Hi Dwarf,

I was doing some more searching in the forums, and I found this thread:

Creating a Personal User Folder

which in turn led me to this site: Junction Link Magic

I have created a Junction Link (although I'm not 100% sure what they actually are), and it has pretty much done what I want, although the folder icon has the little shortcut arrow on it to indicate it is a shortcut.

Have I done something totally silly which will kill my system?

Cheers,

Paul
 

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You can remove the shortcut arrow. There should be an option for it in the properties.

~Lordbob
 

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    Mobo
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