Sent: 07/07/2008
From: Robert Comer <(email address - cut out)>
Message:http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx
--
Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:08:06 +0200, Jos Roijakkers <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:
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>Virtual PC uses a default location for storing the virtual machine and
>virtual disk files (My Documents\My Virtual Machines).
>I always store my (data) files on another disk. I would like to this for
>the VPC-files as well. I can, of course, manually select any location I
>want, but would prefer to do this automatically. Is there a way to
>change the default location? I checked the Windows registry and looked
>for a configuration file in the program files folder but did not find
>what I was looking for.
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Jos
Sent: 07/07/2008
From: David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Mark Rae [MVP] wrote:
I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
desired location!
This is much better.
--
David
Stardate 8516.8
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> "Jos Roijakkers" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> Virtual PC uses a default location for storing the virtual machine and
>> virtual disk files (My Documents\My Virtual Machines).
>> I always store my (data) files on another disk. I would like to this
>> for the VPC-files as well. I can, of course, manually select any
>> location I want, but would prefer to do this automatically. Is there a
>> way to change the default location? I checked the Windows registry and
>> looked for a configuration file in the program files folder but did
>> not find what I was looking for.
>
> You won't believe this, but you actually need to set up an environment
> variable:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx
Sent: 07/07/2008
From: Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
This is documented with the product.
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Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
There must be more to life than compile-and-go.
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> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
> desired location!
>
> This is much better.
Sent: 07/07/2008
From: "Mark Rae [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"Jos Roijakkers" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
You won't believe this, but you actually need to set up an environment
variable:
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
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> Virtual PC uses a default location for storing the virtual machine and
> virtual disk files (My Documents\My Virtual Machines).
> I always store my (data) files on another disk. I would like to this for
> the VPC-files as well. I can, of course, manually select any location I
> want, but would prefer to do this automatically. Is there a way to change
> the default location? I checked the Windows registry and looked for a
> configuration file in the program files folder but did not find what I was
> looking for.
Sent: 07/07/2008
From: Jos Roijakkers <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Mark Rae [MVP] schreef:
Thanks
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> "Jos Roijakkers" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> Virtual PC uses a default location for storing the virtual machine and
>> virtual disk files (My Documents\My Virtual Machines).
>> I always store my (data) files on another disk. I would like to this
>> for the VPC-files as well. I can, of course, manually select any
>> location I want, but would prefer to do this automatically. Is there a
>> way to change the default location? I checked the Windows registry and
>> looked for a configuration file in the program files folder but did
>> not find what I was looking for.
>
> You won't believe this, but you actually need to set up an environment
> variable:
> http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/04/13/407796.aspx
>
>
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
As for the "I don't believe it," I was just playing off of Mark's
comment, "You won't believe this..."
--
David
Stardate 8519.7
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> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>
>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>> desired location!
>>
>> This is much better.
>
> This is documented with the product.
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0400 :
Waa'll, Whee Doggies! Don't that beat all!
~~~~
Notes
Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
~~~~
FACE
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>Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>>
>>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>>> desired location!
>>>
>>> This is much better.
>>
>> This is documented with the product.
>
>And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
>the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
>
>As for the "I don't believe it," I was just playing off of Mark's
>comment, "You won't believe this..."
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:> Notes
You can also just drag a vm out of the Virtual Machine Console and drop it
on the desktop to create a shortcut. When you do you get a handy Run As
Adminstrator context menu item that makes it very easy to run elevated.
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>
> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>
> ~~~~
>
> FACE
>
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:38 -0400, FACE wrote:
Which really has nothing at all to do with the subject at hand, namely
changing the default location of virtual machines.
--
Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
As of next week, passwords will be entered in Morse code.
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> From David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0400 :
>
>>Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
>>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>>>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>>>> desired location!
>>>>
>>>> This is much better.
>>>
>>> This is documented with the product.
>>
>>And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
>>the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
>
> Waa'll, Whee Doggies! Don't that beat all!
>
> ~~~~
> Notes
>
> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>
> ~~~~
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:59:54 -0400 :
How ridiculously stuffy of you. That was the exact subject of the
sub-thread to which i replied.
Lighten up.
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>On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:38 -0400, FACE wrote:
>
>> From David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
>> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0400 :
>>
>>>Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>>>>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>>>>> desired location!
>>>>>
>>>>> This is much better.
>>>>
>>>> This is documented with the product.
>>>
>>>And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
>>>the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
>>
>> Waa'll, Whee Doggies! Don't that beat all!
>>
>> ~~~~
>> Notes
>>
>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>
>> ~~~~
>
>Which really has nothing at all to do with the subject at hand, namely
>changing the default location of virtual machines.
Sent: 07/08/2008
From: Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:09:08 -0400, FACE wrote:
No, it wasn't. This thread is about the default location of virtual
machines and how to change the default location. What you've posted above
has nothing to do with either the default location of the virtual machines
nor how to change said location. If one does change the default location
for virtual machines the shortcut location does not change.
Please try to get your facts straight before you start calling people names
and telling them to lighten up.
--
Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
Any program that runs right is obsolete.
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> From Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
> Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:59:54 -0400 :
>
>>On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:38 -0400, FACE wrote:
>>
>>> From David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
>>> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0400 :
>>>
>>>>Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>>>>>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>>>>>> desired location!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is much better.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is documented with the product.
>>>>
>>>>And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
>>>>the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
>>>
>>> Waa'll, Whee Doggies! Don't that beat all!
>>>
>>> ~~~~
>>> Notes
>>>
>>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>>
>>> ~~~~
>>
>>Which really has nothing at all to do with the subject at hand, namely
>>changing the default location of virtual machines.
>
> How ridiculously stuffy of you. That was the exact subject of the
> sub-thread to which i replied.
>
> Lighten up.
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
microsoft.public.virtualpc on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:29:13 -0600 :
Yes. That was one of those interesting things that i ran across by accident
early on.
FACE
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>> Notes
>>
>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>
>> ~~~~
>>
>> FACE
>>
>
>You can also just drag a vm out of the Virtual Machine Console and drop it
>on the desktop to create a shortcut. When you do you get a handy Run As
>Adminstrator context menu item that makes it very easy to run elevated.
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:49:00 -0400 :
You have a bad attitude
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>On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:09:08 -0400, FACE wrote:
>
>> From Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
>> Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:59:54 -0400 :
>>
>>>On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:14:38 -0400, FACE wrote:
>>>
>>>> From David Trimboli <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
>>>> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:02 -0400 :
>>>>
>>>>>Paul Adare - MVP wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:00:11 -0400, David Trimboli wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't believe it! For years I've been living with the "My Virtual
>>>>>>> Machines" folder hidden, and with a shortcut inside it pointing to the
>>>>>>> desired location!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is much better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is documented with the product.
>>>>>
>>>>>And I'm the only person I know personally who has actually read any of
>>>>>the documentation, but I never noticed that before.
>>>>
>>>> Waa'll, Whee Doggies! Don't that beat all!
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~
>>>> Notes
>>>>
>>>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>>>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>>>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~
>>>
>>>Which really has nothing at all to do with the subject at hand, namely
>>>changing the default location of virtual machines.
>>
>> How ridiculously stuffy of you. That was the exact subject of the
>> sub-thread to which i replied.
>>
>> Lighten up.
>
>No, it wasn't. This thread is about the default location of virtual
>machines and how to change the default location. What you've posted above
>has nothing to do with either the default location of the virtual machines
>nor how to change said location. If one does change the default location
>for virtual machines the shortcut location does not change.
>Please try to get your facts straight before you start calling people names
>and telling them to lighten up.
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:51:42 -0400, FACE wrote:
And you're still wrong.
--
Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
Vacuum type: A derogatory term. See "bubble memory."
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> You have a bad attitude
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:11:41 -0400 :
You are not a team player
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>On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:51:42 -0400, FACE wrote:
>
>> You have a bad attitude
>
>And you're still wrong.
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: Paul Adare - MVP <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:55:10 -0400, FACE wrote:
This isn't a team and even if it were, I still would not let erroneous
information go uncorrected.
--
Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca
No program done by an undergrad will work after she graduates.
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>>And you're still wrong.
>
> You are not a team player
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"FACE" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
I have a game I need to use in a vm on my Vista x64 host which requires
access to the copyprotected game cd to start. I have to run the vm elevated
or the game reports that the wrong cd is in the drive.
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> From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:29:13 -0600 :
>
>>> Notes
>>>
>>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>>
>>> ~~~~
>>>
>>> FACE
>>>
>>
>>You can also just drag a vm out of the Virtual Machine Console and drop it
>>on the desktop to create a shortcut. When you do you get a handy Run As
>>Adminstrator context menu item that makes it very easy to run elevated.
>
> Yes. That was one of those interesting things that i ran across by
> accident
> early on.
>
> FACE
>
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:"FACE" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
No. I just right click on the vm icon I dragged to my desktop and select
Run As Administrator on the icon's context menu. VPC then runs elevated.
When you drag a copy out of the VPC Console list the resulting shortcut gets
a context menu with RAA on it.
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> From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:42:46 -0600 :
>
>>"FACE" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
>>> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:29:13 -0600 :
>>>
>>>>> Notes
>>>>>
>>>>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all
>>>>> registered
>>>>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>>>>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> ~~~~
>>>>>
>>>>> FACE
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You can also just drag a vm out of the Virtual Machine Console and drop
>>>>it
>>>>on the desktop to create a shortcut. When you do you get a handy Run As
>>>>Adminstrator context menu item that makes it very easy to run elevated.
>>>
>>> Yes. That was one of those interesting things that i ran across by
>>> accident
>>> early on.
>>>
>>> FACE
>>>
>>
>>I have a game I need to use in a vm on my Vista x64 host which requires
>>access to the copyprotected game cd to start. I have to run the vm
>>elevated
>>or the game reports that the wrong cd is in the drive.
>
> Ah, I am guessing that you mean in the elevated command window of Vista.
>
> I am on XP pro SP2 as host..........
>
> FACE
>
>
>
Sent: 07/09/2008
From: FACE <(email address - cut out)>
Message:From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
microsoft.public.virtualpc on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:42:46 -0600 :
Ah, I am guessing that you mean in the elevated command window of Vista.
I am on XP pro SP2 as host..........
FACE
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>"FACE" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>> From "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>, in
>> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:29:13 -0600 :
>>
>>>> Notes
>>>>
>>>> Virtual PC also creates and maintains shortcut files for all registered
>>>> virtual machines; the shortcut files are located in the Documents and
>>>> Settings\user name\Application Data\Microsoft\Virtual PC folder.
>>>>
>>>> ~~~~
>>>>
>>>> FACE
>>>>
>>>
>>>You can also just drag a vm out of the Virtual Machine Console and drop it
>>>on the desktop to create a shortcut. When you do you get a handy Run As
>>>Adminstrator context menu item that makes it very easy to run elevated.
>>
>> Yes. That was one of those interesting things that i ran across by
>> accident
>> early on.
>>
>> FACE
>>
>
>I have a game I need to use in a vm on my Vista x64 host which requires
>access to the copyprotected game cd to start. I have to run the vm elevated
>or the game reports that the wrong cd is in the drive.
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