How to modify the system folder path in the registry

The method


of modifying the path of the system folder in the registry The method of modifying the path of the system folder in the registry The method of modifying the path of the AppData, Cache, Cookies, desktop, history, my music, my pictures, templates and other system folders in the registry

Run : "regedit" to open the registry editor, find [ HKEY__CURRENT USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User Shell Folders], find and double-click the corresponding key value in the right pane, and enter your path, press F5 to refresh and exit the registry.



The following describes the folders represented by each "name"
Name Meaning Default Path
AppData Application Data Directory C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Application Data
Cookies Cookies Path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Cookies
Desktop Desktop Path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Desktop
Favorites Favorites C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Favorites
NetHood NetHood Path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\NetHood
Personal My Documents C:\Documents and Settings\ User name\My Documents
PrintHood Print C:\Documents and Settings\User name\PrintHood
Recent Document Item Path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Recent
SendTo SendTo Path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\SendTo
Start Menu Start Menu Path C:\ Documents and Settings\User name\"Start" menu
Templates New file directory C:\Documents and Settings\User name\Templates
Programs Program menu path C:\Documents and Settings\User name\"Start" menu\Program
Startup Startup path C :\Documents and Settings\User name\Start Menu\Programs\Start
History Web History C:\Documents and Settings\ User name \Local Settings\History
My Pictures Picture Collection C:\Documents and Settings\User name\My Documents\My Pictures
My Music My Music C:\Documents and Settings\User name\My Documents\My Music
My Video My Videos C:\Documents and Settings\User name\My Documents\My Videos
Cache Internet Temporary Folder C:\ Documents and Settings\User name \Temporary Internet Files


These folders are called Shell Folders
only by modifying" data", you can change their storage path. Double-click the name to be modified, fill in the full path you want to change in the "Value Data" of the "Edit String" that pops up, and press "OK" to complete. If you don't have what you need, you can right-click in the right window, select the "String Value" command in the "New" menu, and add a string value for the Shell folder corresponding to the above table.

Finally, don't forget to export and save the modified part of the registry, so that after reinstalling the system, you can directly import it without modifying it again.
Note: After modifying the path value of the folder, the files in the original folder will not be moved to the new folder, but only the direction of the folder will be changed.



For example: change the path of ie favorites:
By default, the corresponding file of favorites is located under C:\Documents and Settings\user\Favorites, to change its location, you can do this.

Open the registry, find [ HKEY__CURRENT USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/UserShell Folders], find and double-click the key named 'Favorites' in the pane on the right, and enter in the opened window where you want your favorites to be located path, (eg: d:/favorites), press F5 to refresh and exit the registry.
Open IE, at this time, the system will create a folder named 'Favorites' on the E disk, now just copy the files under the original favorites to the 'Favorites' folder on the E disk. Things that will be favorited in the future will be automatically added to it.



Change the default installation path of the system
     Most of my friends are unwilling to install the software to the c:program files folder by default. It is necessary to change the default installation path. It must be annoying to change it again and again. Now let me tell you a little bit about changing the default installation path. Skills, the default path of most software can be changed
1. Start --- Run ------ regedit to enter the registry
2. After entering the registry, navigate to the directory HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion.
3. Find the value of ProgramFilesDir, and change the default value of "c:\Program Files" to the folder you want to install to, such as "d:\Program Files".

Note: d can also be replaced with another drive letter e or f, etc., depending on your preferences.





Method 2
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList]
"ProfilesDirectory"="Modify to what you want path"