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Location of Microsoft Files

Do you know where your personal preference files are located? Before Installing or erasing, it's a good practice to backup your personal preferences.

  1. Entourage Database Identity [Your Mail]

Location of Entourage Database

It's important to know the location of your database because your rules, mailing lists, signatures, messages, data, schedules, contacts, tasks, notes, calendar are located in your database.

Entourage 2004: ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004 Identities/your identity

Entourage X: ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office X Identities/your identity
Entourage 2001: <Startup Disk>:Documents/Microsoft User Data: Office 2001 Identities:your identity Note: your identity is called Main Identity unless you rename it.

Preference Files for Entourage

Entourage X, 2004 and 2008:

~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OfficeNotifications.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.DatabaseDaemon.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Entourage.plist

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Entourage Preferences

There are many com.microsoft files. Select your preferences folder in the Finder and search using 'microsoft' to show all the .plist files. As you add preferences to items in Entourage, this list can grow.

Entourage 2001:

System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/Entourage Preferences

User

/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2001 Identities/[Each Identity]/

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Custom Dictionary

Entourage X, 2004:

~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Custom Dictionary

Entourage 2008

'~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/Custom Dictionary'

Entourage 2001:

System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/Custom Dictionary

Outlook for Mac

Outlook uses OS X's Spelling in your User's Library/Spelling

SyncServices

Microsoft

~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices/

Spotlight cache files

Entourage places files for indexing by Spotlight here:

/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage/

Note: You can exclude your database from Spotlight searches as it is unnecessary and can slow down your computer.

Office Settings

AutoCorrect entries (Stored in two locations) The formatted entries are in the Normal template, the office-wide plain-text entries are in the MS Office ACL file.

  1. MS Office ACL file for the language you are using. E.g. MS Office ACL [English].
  2. Normal file (If you specify when creating an AutoCorrect that it should be inserted as 'Formatted' then goes in the Normal template (as an AutoText).)

Office 2011: Microsoft Office ACL [English] located in ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Preferences/Office 2011/

Office 2004 & 2008: Microsoft Office ACL [English] located in ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/

Office X: “MS Office ACL [English]” located in ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/

Office 2001: 'MS Office ACL [English]' located in System Folder>Preferences>Microsoft

Normal

The Normal Template contains toolbar customizations for Word as well as the default settings for every new Word document not based on another template.

Office X: The Normal file is located in the 'Templates' folder in your 'Microsoft Office' folder. Tip: Put your templates in your Microsoft User Data folder, where they won't be touched if you use 'Remove Office', and set the Project Gallery to find them there. Otherwise, “Remove Office” will delete those files.

Office Word 2004 moves the Normal Template to live in the Microsoft User Data folder by default. It does not move the Templates folder. Put your Templates foder in your Microsoft User Data folder, where they won't be touched if you use 'Remove Office', and set the Project Gallery to find them there.

Office 2008 & 2011 moved Normal.dotm to ~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/User Templates

Word Settings

This file stores your Word preferences. It's located here:

Word X: ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Word Settings (10)

Word 2001: Macintosh HD:System Folder:Preferences:Microsoft:Word Settings(9)

Custom Dictionary

  • Entourage X: ~/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Custom Dictionary
  • Entourage 2001: System Folder/Preferences/Microsoft/Custom Dictionary

Microsoft Internet Explorer X....

~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Explorer.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconfig.plist

Favorites are stored in your Preferences folder. Look in the Explorer folder. If you only want to replace your 'new' favorites with your old ones, you can simply replace ~/Library/Preferences/Explorer/Favorites.html with your previous Favorites.html file.

On Windows 10, each account has a set of default folders that allow users to save and organize their files, including documents, pictures, downloads, and other data on the device.

However, over time, depending on your usage, the folders can grow in size significantly, and if you have a computer with limited storage using a different location (for example external hard drive or partition) can help to avoid running out of space on the system drive, which can be an issue when it comes the time to install new releases of Windows 10 or a new application. Also, you never want to use a device with a drive at capacity as it can affect system performance.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to move the default user account folders to a different drive or partition.

How to change default user folders on Windows 10

To move the default user account folders to a new storage location, use these steps:

  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Click on This PC from the left pane.
  3. Under the 'Devices and drivers' section, open the new drive location.
  4. Navigate to the location you want to move the folders.
  5. Click the New folder button from the 'Home' tab.

  6. Name the folder Documents.

    Source: Windows Central

  7. Repeat steps No. 5 and 6 to create remaining folders. For example, Desktop, Downloads, Pictures, Videos, and Music.

    Quick tip: You can also use the Ctrl + Shift + N keyboard shortcut to create new folders more quickly.

  8. Open Start.
  9. Search for Run and click the top result to open the Run command.

  10. Type the following path to open the location with the account default folders and click the OK button:

    %HOMEPATH%

    Source: Windows Central

  11. Right-click the folder you want to move and select the Properties options.

    Source: Windows Central

  12. Click the Location tab.

  13. Click the Move button.

    Source: Windows Central

  14. Select the equivalent folder in the new location.

  15. Click the Select Folder button.

    Source: Windows Central

  16. Click the Apply button.

  17. Click the Yes button.

    Source: Windows Central

  18. Click the OK button.
  19. Repeat steps No. 11 through 18 to move the remaining folders.

Once you complete the steps, the default account folders will move to the new location, and future files will save in this location by default.

Although moving folders one at a time introduces additional steps, you'll avoid potential problems, which may be something that could happen while moving the main account folder.

Restoring default folder location

If you change your mind, you can revert the changes for the folder location using these steps:

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  1. Open File Explorer.
  2. Navigate to the current user folders location.

  3. Right-click one of the folder you want to restore its location and select the Properties option.

    Source: Windows Central

  4. Click the Location tab.

  5. Click the Restore Default button.

    Source: Windows Central

  6. Click the Yes button.

    Source: Windows Central

  7. Click the Yes button to move the files to the orginal default location.

    Source: Windows Central

After you complete the steps, the account folder will relocate to its original location. You may need to repeat the steps to restore the remaining folders to their previous location.

Changing default save location on apps

The only caveat about this process is that it'll not change the default save locations for some apps. For example, if you use the Edge, Chrome, or Firefox, these browsers will continue to use the original path to try and save files.

If you want to avoid problems, it's recommended to change the default save location for these and other apps (if applicable). Here's an example changing the settings on Microsoft Edge:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge.
  2. Click the three-dotted (menu) button from the top-right.

  3. Select the Settings option.

    Source: Windows Central

  4. Click on Downloads.

  5. Click the Change button.

    Source: Windows Central

  6. Select the new location for downloads.
  7. Click the Select Folder button.

Once you complete the steps, future files will download to the new location by default in the new storage.

More Windows 10 resources

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For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

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