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I'm quite sure that you can, if I remember correctly? > > https://superuser.com/questions/1725456/wha-cant-i-move-my-documents-folder You can't, directly, but you can cheat, of course. Put your documents directory … Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim That's exactly what I did except I used sysinternals junction.exe. This still leaves things screwed up in that the address bar may still show you in OneDrive even though you are saving to the junction point. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by donnamitch Hello 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by asadalikhan … of For me, it’s always ShareX — I can't live without that screen capture tool. 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I've found the easiuest way is to initially set up my computer using a Microsoft Account (something they have also made it almost impossibole to avoid), then create a local admin account and always log on with that. That … Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani * Microsoft Office (for macOS) And then to manage DaniWeb: * PhpStorm * Remote Desktop Manager * Viscosity * Screaming Frog SEO Spider Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani Jim, I have not used Windows in a very, very long time, but can you not configure Windows to store My Documents on D? I'm quite sure that you can, if I remember correctly? https://superuser.com/questions/1725456/wha-cant-i-move-my-documents-folder Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim >I'm quite sure that you can, if I remember correctly? Before OneDrive it was easily done. Not anymore. Microsoft is slightly brain dead. Locations for shell folders are stored in the registry. You'd think they'd all be under "Shell Folders", but not all of them are. And you'd think they would have consistent names. But here are … Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim BTW I've spoken with a former Microsoft Engineer. He also agrees OneDrive is an abomination. Re: The Strength to Recreate Your Life Community Center by Dani Reminds me of the decision to pack up and move from New York to California. Best decision I've ever made. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? 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Search queries show you results as you type, and you can create complex search terms with logical operators, as opposed to the… Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Dani > BTW I've spoken with a former Microsoft Engineer. He also agrees OneDrive is an abomination. I’ve spoken to several current and former Apple engineers who agree that Siri is an abomination. Re: 💻 What’s the First App You Install on a Fresh Windows Machine? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Reverend Jim >Siri is an abomination Is it? I've never so much as touched an Apple computer so I have no opinion on that whatsoever.