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From:	Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject:	Re: quoting windows pathnames
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2003 16:02:23 -0700
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Bill C Riemers wrote:

>>Silly question but why do you _have_ to use paths with spaces in them
>>under Windows XP? It's possible to change e.g. the default programs
>>directory from e.g. C:\Program Files\ to C:\Programs\, the same stands
>>for the other standard directories.
>>    
>>
>
>OK.  You have me curious.  Please tell.  Especially how to change  the name of the "Documents and Settings" directory.  Even better
>if you can tell me how to put that on another drive than C: without reinstalling.  (I hate having to use partition magic
>regularly...)
>
I did it on my home machine but you have to hack the hell out of the 
registry! I put "Documents and Settings" under 
/Home/<Username>/Configuration. Just made a lot more sense to me!



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