How to change default desktop folder location on Windows Vista

Question

Vista says now: "Desktop folder location is not available..."

Its default location appears to have changed. How do I change it back? It should be simple in theory, however I cannot find a simple answer on the net. Not even from Microsoft folks. There must be an easy way to do this without "hacking" registry entries.

Does anybody know how?

Thanks!

Answer 1

open your User folder, right click on the folder Desktop, select Properties, open the Location Tab and click Move, now pick the new location and click Apply.

you may be prompted to copy, move, overwrite files if they already exist in the new folder.