Question #78407 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78407
Tom proposed the following answer: I would be cautious about setting Windows to change it's "My Documents" location because that usually seems to involve a lot of messing around with the infamous Windows registry which is well worth steering clear of!! I haven't tried with Vista or Windows7 but in Xp it usually gets quite confused and ends up setting up 2 different fodlers and makes it very unclear which you are using at any particular moment. I don't think it breaks the system but editing the registry can easily break the system with even a slight slip. Not that breaking Windows is necessarily a bad thing tho ;) I would use this to setup a user on what Windows would call my D: 'drive' rather than setting it up in the main boot partition for Windows. Windows can't cope with long filenames which is sometimes a problem when you save web-pages - although if Windows refuses to boot because of that then it's quite easy to boot into a gnu&linux distro such as Ubuntu and just shorten the filename. Anyway i would rather boot ino Windows and just not be able to see the D: 'drive' rather than being unable to boot and then bounce back into Ubuntu to spend time fixing that and then bounce back into Windows. The less time i spend with Windows the happier i tend to be ;) Anyway, good luck with your testing - it's great to see but take care while you're exploring the possibilities there! Regards from Tom :)) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
