Modify desktop path

Winowsxp desktop is on the system disk. When the system crashes and you need to reinstall the system, you must remember to back up important files on the desktop. If you accidentally forget to back up and reinstall the system, those important files are gone forever. In fact, we can put the desktop in another disk directory, such as the D disk, so that when we re-run the system, we don't have to back up the important files on the desktop, and we are not afraid that the desktop files will be lost due to reinstallation of the system. The procedure is as follows:

Step 2: Click Start> Run and enter Regedit to open the Registry Editor.

Step 2: Expand [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders] in the registry, locate the topq key, and double-click to open it, change the value to the desktop path. For example, place the desktop in the "desktop" folder of the d disk and set the value to "D: \ Desktop" to close the registry editor.

Step 2: restart the computer.

In fact, you can change the default paths of many other systems under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders], as shown below:

Appdata application 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

Note:

• This setting appears in the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" and "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" folders. If both settings are configured, the system starts setting in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE before setting in user configuration.

• The corresponding parameters under the User Shell Folders item can modify the location of some folders. For example, favorites specifies the location of favorites.