Re: (Legible) Help Can't get "Folder Redirection"

From: Roger (ramsy_at_despammed.com)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:35:52 -0800

Paul,

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction on this one. I ultimately had
to bite the bullet and scratched out my root partion an extra 2GB.

I did find out how to get user folders off the root partition, without
"Folder Redirection", domains, or server software. 'Right-drag the folder
to its desired new location and select "Move Here"'. This manuever does not
update registry MRU's, but I soon discovered MRU keys can be disabled for
security reasons anyway.

I moved My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, SendTo, & Start Menu folders from
the root, along with waxing windows components like Games, etc., which got
me to 30% free space. Compressing the drive to save disk space got me to
31% free, but Defrag still needed more room to finish its job. The real
gain I got seemed to be faster desktop wallpaper between window tasks.
Perhaps adding user activity to an otherwise solitary swap disk resulted in
less disk-spin-up.

For anyone else who's interested, the XP powertoy Tweak UI "Special Folders"
may list the only ../client user folders in XP that can be relocated in this
way. Moving other user folders caused sharing violations. Moving the
"Quick Launch" folder caused a "Cannot Create Toolbar" error. A script at
www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_toolbar_error.htm recreates the Quick
Launch folder.

Thanks again Paul.

Roger R.
Fullerton, CA

"Paul Adare" <padare@newsguy.com> wrote in message
> Roger <ramsy@despammed.com> says...
> >
> > Using XP Pro SP1, Is it possible to create a site, domain, or
organizational
> > unit with a single-user (admin), then link it to a Group Policy object?
>
> No, you need a domain controller to do this, and that requires one of
> the server operating systems.
>
> --
> Paul Adare
> What use is it that knowledge mounts?
> It's knowing something good that counts.
> Friedrich von Logau

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