Change the desktop path and some system document locations

Enter "Regedit" in "start"> "run" to open the Registry Editor. Then, back up the registry using the "Export" function in the "file" drop-down menu, just in case, in the left-side window, open:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Shell Folders
In the window on the right, the "name" you see represents the special folders, and "data" is the default storage path corresponding to them. Modify the default path to move your Desktop Folder.

The following describes the folders represented by each "name ".
Name Description default path
Appdata Application Program Data directory c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Application Data
Cookie Path c: \ cookies and Settings \ User Name \ cookies
Desktop desktop path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Desktop
Favorites favorites c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ favorites
Nethood path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ nethood
Personal my documents c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ My Documents ents
Printhood print c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ printhood
Recent document item path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ recent
Sendto path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ sendto
Start Menu path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Start Menu
Templates new file directory c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ templates
Programs program menu path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Start Menu \ Program
Startup startup path c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Start Menu \ Program \ Start
History web page history c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Local Settings \ history
My pictures image favorites c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ My Documents ents \ my pictures
My music my music c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ My Documents ents \ my music
My video my video c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ My Documents ents \ My videos
Cache Internet Temporary Folder c: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ Temporary Internet Files
These folders are called Shell Folders.
"User Name" indicates the name of the current user.
After learning about the corresponding folder, you can change the corresponding path as needed. (Do not change it here. It's just a bit too busy. After the system restarts, it will be restored to the original path)
At the same layer, you can see a sub-Key of "User Shell Folders", that is, in HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders
This includes the values of all Shell Folders customized by the user. You can change the storage path by modifying "data. Double-click the name to be modified, fill in the complete path you want to change in the "Edit string" value data "pop-up, and press" OK. If you do not need it, right-click the window on the right and select the "string value" command in the "new" menu. Add a string value for the Shell folder corresponding to the preceding table.
In the preceding folder, there is no Outlook Address Book or mail storage path.
Address book path:
Under the primary key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ WAB \ wab4 \ WAB file name, change the "default" key value to the path you need.
Mail storage path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ identities \ {8150fa22-a51c-4993-8a96-dc4b9a6b4c55} \ Software \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express \ 5.0, change the "store root" key value to the path you need.
Finally, do not forget to export and save the modified registry so that you can import the Registry directly after reinstalling the system without having to modify it again.
Note: After the PATH value of the folder is modified, the files in the original folder will not be moved to the new folder.