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February 3rd 07, 10:48 AM
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cutom setting for the folder locations
Hi,
I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista  . For disk space efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program Files... Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same place (on a separate partition, preferrably). Thanks for you suggestions! Piotr 
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February 3rd 07, 11:07 AM
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cutom setting for the folder locations
I would not recommend sharing the Program Files directory between OSs,
particularly XP and Vista. You can customize the Documents location by right clicking on Documents in Explorer and then going to Location. steve "Piotr Wozniacki" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista . For disk space efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program Files... Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same place (on a separate partition, preferrably). Thanks for you suggestions! Piotr
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February 3rd 07, 12:00 PM
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cutom setting for the folder locations
Thanks Steve for the "Location" option - works great for all special
folders! Piotr "Steve Cochran" wrote in message ... I would not recommend sharing the Program Files directory between OSs, particularly XP and Vista. You can customize the Documents location by right clicking on Documents in Explorer and then going to Location. steve "Piotr Wozniacki" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista . For disk space efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program Files... Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same place (on a separate partition, preferrably). Thanks for you suggestions! Piotr
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February 3rd 07, 02:50 PM
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Someone else pointed it out to me. I was looking in the registry. G
steve "Piotr Wozniacki" wrote in message ... Thanks Steve for the "Location" option - works great for all special folders! Piotr "Steve Cochran" wrote in message ... I would not recommend sharing the Program Files directory between OSs, particularly XP and Vista. You can customize the Documents location by right clicking on Documents in Explorer and then going to Location. steve "Piotr Wozniacki" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista . For disk space efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program Files... Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same place (on a separate partition, preferrably). Thanks for you suggestions! Piotr
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February 5th 07, 08:51 PM
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Just want to add that you might want to take a look at your file permissions
as well - the account in XP is unknown to Vista (and vice versa). If you start changing the access rights you will run into trouble  This only applies if you actually have any permissions set on your documents folder "Piotr Wozniacki" skrev i melding ... Hi, I'm dual-booting the Vista Business x64 with XP Pro (and will for some time, untill most aplications run flawlessly on Vista . For disk space efficiency, I'd like to keep a Program Files folder in a common place (partition) for both OS'es - how do I do it? Of course, only the Vista's Program Files (X86) should be physically the same as the XP's Program Files... Similarly, I'd like the My Documents folder to be physically the same place (on a separate partition, preferrably). Thanks for you suggestions! Piotr
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