Can I specify Microsoft User Data Folder Location?

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Adam Bailey

Jeffrey Ellis said:
This is for Office 2008.

Not through a Preference, no. You can create an alias in your Documents
Folder named "Microsoft User Data" that points to the true location, but
this could cause problems down the line.
 
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Jeffrey Ellis

Not through a Preference, no. You can create an alias in your Documents
Folder named "Microsoft User Data" that points to the true location, but
this could cause problems down the line.

What kind of problems?
 
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Adam Bailey

Jeffrey Ellis said:
What kind of problems?

Nothing that rises to the level of data loss. There will be minor issues if
you store your MUD folder on a removable drive (you'll need to quit the
database daemon prior to ejecting it) or a network drive if it gets
intentionally or unintentionally disconnected. You may have issues with
utilities, such as Import/Export tools, that expect the MUD folder to be in
the Documents folder.

Any such issues should, at worst, be an annoyance, and may not even affect
you at all. But I did want to mention it. Since most people who want to move
the MUD folder do it for cosmetic purposes, there's no point since you still
need to leave the alias.
 
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