# Keeping my IE favorites and AOL PFC on another partition? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949 "2004-03-01T18:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949/1 "2004-03-01T18:20:08Z")
Now that the hampsters have had a snack, let’s try this again. The other day I had a pretty major computer crash. It sucked, but not as bad as it could have. Fortunately I keep all my data on my D: drive so it was just a matter of wiping C: clean and reinstalling windows. What I did have on C: was my AOL PFC and my IE favorites (and probably some other stuff which I’ll discover in the next few days). How can I point AOL to look on D: for my PFC, and how can I point IE to look on D: for my favs? I want to keep both programs on C: I only want data on D: ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949/2 "2004-03-02T21:35:33Z")
OK, I know it’s not the most interesting thread in the world. If I could’ve posted some pics of naked creationists performing acts of BDSM I… well no, that probably wouldn’t go over too well with the mods. So I have nothing to offer but a genuine thank you to any knowledgeable person who cares to help. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949/3 "2004-03-02T21:48:16Z")
For IE under Windows XP one possible solution is using _Tweak UI_ from the Microsoft [Powertoys for XP](http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp). This lets you change the location of your _Favorites_ folder among many other things. I think there should also be a more low-level way to do that but this is pretty safe and easy. Sorry, I know nothing whatsoever about AOL. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949/4 "2004-03-02T22:12:06Z")
You can also change the location of your Favorites folder by editing the appropriate value under **HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer User Shell Folders** in regedit. Be sure to back up the registry before attempting any changes. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-my-ie-favorites-and-aol-pfc-on-another-partition/231949/5 "2004-03-03T12:44:54Z")
> [@Number](#): > > You can also change the location of your Favorites folder by editing the appropriate value under **HKEY\_CURRENT\_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer > User Shell Folders** in regedit. Be sure to back up the registry before attempting any changes. To do this I actually have to edit the registry?? I’m not all that computer savvy. I’ll have to check out that Tweak UI program. So basically there’s no really really simple way?