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Forums › Desktop computing › Anyone know how to to move the location of my desktop?


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Master Geek
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# 36182 21-Jun-2009 19:33
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Hello,

I have an XP SP2 machine, and I want to move the desktop to a separate partition to my system partition. I moved it over to a different partition, and it copied over, but now it duplicates everything I put on it. I tried moving it back, but it still duplicates everything. Does anyone know how to get rid of this rather annoying problem?

Thanks,
Arachan.

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Ultimate Geek
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  # 227484 22-Jun-2009 19:30
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- Open RegEdit

- Head over to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

- Change the location in the "Desktop" item on the right pane.

- Reboot

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