How to change paths seamlessly?


  1. nondisposable
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    How to change paths seamlessly?


    My documents are located in D:\Dropbox\MyOwnDocuments

    I no longer use Dropbox; so I would like to move them all to D:\MyOwnDocuments

    Problem is that I have many portable programs there, and also program files and program data for programs running from my C drive. Not to mention various other shortcuts to documents or folders in D:\Dropbox\MyOwnDocuments

    Is there a quick way to check which programs / shortcuts need to be changed? Or (better) is there a way to change these paths automatically?

    Thanks for any input.
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  3. samuria
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    win 8 32 bit
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    Use subst cmd to fool things they are still in the same location Subst
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  4. Eric3742
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    Check this out, will help you understand better;


    move the My Documents folder to another drive - Microsoft Community


    Regards
    Eric.
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