We are all familiar with the folder My Documents, it is located in the user’s personal folder, namely at this address: C:\Users\Name\Documents(in the Russian edition, Users are displayed instead of Users, and My Documents are displayed instead of Documents).

There are situations when it would be very good to place this folder in another location, for example on another disk or partition - this will save space on system disk.

By the way, if you have two physical disk, then it is better to install games on another drive, and large programs too, all this will distribute the load - the system drive will be less loaded and Windows will work more responsively than if you installed everything on one drive.

How to set a new folder for documents in Windows 7?

This method will allow you to make sure that all new documents are stored in a different place. That is, the folder My Documents will remain in its place along with the files in it, but the default for documents will be the new folder you specified.

In Windows 7 there is such a thing as “libraries” and their number is four - Videos, Documents, Images, Music. But we are only interested in one - Documents (other libraries can be configured as well).

Go to folder properties Documentation(to do this, open Computer, and on the left in the list there will be Libraries):

One library can have several folders, and you can add them all yourself (click Add folder...):

For example, I'll add the folder C:\Documents, but you can create such a folder on another drive, I just have one drive C and that’s it:

After this, the folder you just specified will appear in your list. For it to be the main one now, you need to click on it and select Set the save folder:

That's all, after this you now have a new location for your documents.

But you just asked it new folder by default, files from the old folder will not be moved to the new one. Of course, you can do this yourself, but it is better to use the method that I will describe below.

How do I move the My Documents folder?

To do this, go to the folder properties My Documents(which is located in the library Documentation).

operating room Windows system by default provides users with special folders to save their data, such as Documents, Music, Videos, Images and so on. Most programs are configured to save user data in these directories. By default, all these folders are located on drive C: in the section Users. However, if your operating system If you become depressed and the only method of treatment is a complete reinstallation with disk formatting, then all your data will be lost forever. Therefore, I want to remind, especially novice users, a simple way to avoid these troubles.

So, to safely store your data even if Windows fails, you must first take care of transferring it to another drive. It's best if your computer has two physical drives, but another partition of the same drive will work too.

The first step is to open your home directory, which is located at

C:\Users\Username

Then select the folder that we want to transfer, right-click on it and select to context menu paragraph Properties. In the window that appears, go to the tab Location.

Here we see three buttons, we are interested in the middle one - Move. After clicking it, a folder selection window appears in which we must specify the new location of the standard directory. All that remains is to confirm your choice by clicking OK, and then allow the files to be transferred to a new location in the pop-up dialog box.

Such easy setup, applied to all the folders you need with your data, can save a huge amount of nerves and time in the event of a sudden failure of Windows. You simply reinstall the system, then again specify the path to your data folders on another drive and get back all your photos, movies, music, documents and even your Desktop. I recommend that you do this simple maneuver immediately after installing the system.

The Windows operating system by default provides users with special folders to save their data, such as Documents, Music, Videos, Images and so on. Most programs are configured to save user data in these directories. By default, all these folders are located on drive C: in the section Users. However, if your operating system becomes depressed and the only cure is a complete reinstallation with disk formatting, then all your data will be lost forever. Therefore, I want to remind, especially novice users, a simple way to avoid these troubles.

So, to safely store your data even if Windows fails, you must first take care of transferring it to another drive. It's best if your computer has two physical drives, but another partition of the same drive will work too.

The first step is to open your home directory, which is located at

C:\Users\Username

Then select the folder that we want to transfer, right-click on it and select the item in the context menu Properties. In the window that appears, go to the tab Location.

Here we see three buttons, we are interested in the middle one - Move. After clicking it, a folder selection window appears in which we must specify the new location of the standard directory. All that remains is to confirm your choice by clicking OK, and then allow the files to be transferred to a new location in the pop-up dialog box.

Such a simple setting, applied to all the folders you need with your data, can save a huge amount of nerves and time in the event of a sudden Windows failure. You simply reinstall the system, then again specify the path to your data folders on another drive and get back all your photos, movies, music, documents and even your Desktop. I recommend that you do this simple maneuver immediately after installing the system.

The Windows operating system allows you to change the path of some user folders that are located in the user profile. So if you suddenly need to change the location of the folder Downloads on your own. This may be useful for those users who frequently download large files from the Internet using Microsoft Edge or other Internet programs. This article will show you how to reassign your own path for the Downloads folder in two different ways. .

Every time after the next kernel update Microsoft browser Edge, the path to the Downloads folder will have to be updated again. Don't lose sight of this moment.

In the article How to add Save As to Microsoft Edge? I considered the possibility of changing the file download dialog for Microsoft Egde and now every time you download any file, the browser will offer you the option to save the file as. But if you don’t need such functionality, but just need to change the Downloads folder to your own, then read this article further.

Change the location of the Downloads folder in Explorer

Let's first look at the easiest way to change the location of the Downloads folder using the properties of this folder.

Open Conductor on a computer with Windows 7, 8, 10. Right-click on the folder Downloads in the navigation pane and select Properties.

Downloads - Properties

In the window that opens, go to the tab Location and enter a new path for desired folder downloads.

New Download Location

In this case, you can move already downloaded files to a new Downloads folder. Then press the button Yes to move all files from the old location to the new one. Otherwise, click No.

Move a folder

Now the download folder will have a new location, and all files downloaded through Microsoft Edge will end up in it.

Changing the path to the Downloads folder in Registry Editor

If you prefer to work with Windows registry, then this method will allow you to change the path to the Downloads folder using the registry.

Run registry editor and go to the next section:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

Find key with string %USERPROFILE%\Downloads. By double-clicking on the line, change the parameter to the value of the path you want to set.

Windows Registry Editor

Close Registry Editor. Now the Downloads folder has new address location. Restart your computer to save your changes to Registry Editor.

It should be noted that files that were located in the Downloads folder at the default address will not be moved to a new location, unlike the first method. If you need to have these files in a new location in your Downloads folder, move them to the new folder yourself.

As a rule, all files downloaded from the Internet: programs, music, movies, torrents, ISO images, and so on, are saved in the “Downloads” folder, which in Windows OS is located by default on the system drive (C:). Over time, the size of this folder can reach quite impressive sizes - from several to tens of Gigabytes, and become one of the reasons for the catastrophic lack of free space on drive C or even lead to its overflow. Therefore, it would be very advisable to change the location of the “Downloads” folder, choosing for its location not the system drive, but another local drive, for example (D:).

How to move your Downloads folder to another drive

There are at least several ways to do this.

First (change the location in the folder properties):

• Open "This PC" in Windows Explorer 10 (...or From → Users → Folder with your username → Downloads) → right-click on the “Downloads” folder → select “Properties”;
  
  
• Location → change the default path manually, or, using the “Move” button, specify the path to the desired folder on another local disk→ Apply;
  
• "Do you want to move all the files from the old location to the new one?" → Yes → OK.
  
  

Second method (easier)

Third method (via the system registry editor):

As a result, regardless of the chosen method, all previously downloaded files will be transferred to a new location, freeing up space on drive C, and new downloads will no longer be saved on the system drive, but in the folder you specified.

In addition, you can similarly change the location of other user folders by moving them from the drive (C:) to another drive (volume): music, videos, images, documents, desktop and others.