On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:37:23 -0600 Donald Miller <damill...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dennis, my SSD thanks you for that advice. > > Rory, threads are easier to follow if you set your email to put your reply at > top, then your sig, then the quoted content, > optional line or space to separate. Some businesses & support services insist > on this approach. > This is easy to set up in outlook.com and client from www.fossamail.org > (Windows and Linux). > In general I post below the relevant quoted text. Otherwise the response may be out of context. Rory > > > > Regards, > Donald A. Miller > > _____________ > > From: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > CC: damill...@hotmail.com > > Subject: RE: Path settings in newer releases > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:45:04 -0700 > > > > If you have a recent version of Windows (8.1 or 10 for sure), you can move > > your user-account Documents folder to your D: Drive and the apps that > > default to it will find it where you put it, as will File Explorer, etc. > > > > Find the Documents folder in C:\Users\userID\, right click on the folder > > name and select properties. Among those you should see either a tab or an > > entry that specifies Location. > > > > You can do this with some of the other standard default folders, such as > > Music and Pictures. > > > > Very handy if you have a small C: drive (such as a SSD). > > > > The idea of having different defaults by file type is an interesting one. > > It probably flies in the face of using the standard platform > > open/close/save/save-as functions, so might be trickier than one might > > think. (I worry about having just one more way for the AOO user profile to > > be corrupted [;<). Need a way not to surprise anyone who expects the > > current behavior.) > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Donald Miller [mailto:damill...@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 08:40 > > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: Path settings in newer releases > > > > By the way, could "options > paths" be made an easier setting and less easy > > to be reset without permission? > > Present default is up to 7 folder levels deep on C, but I have all my non > > system files on D (for ease of backup). > > I absolutely despise Bill Gates defaults, such as C:\Users\userID\Documents. > > > > Some programs let user settings reside in a text file, which can be backed > > up and copied-in after updates. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Donald A. Miller > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
