2004 Office pros+cons of moving Microsoft User Data to 2ndpartition? Do any MVPs?

[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

With Office 2004, are there any reasons why one should NOT alias the
Microsoft User Data folder, leave the alias in place on the boot partition
and move MUD to another partition?

Do any of the MVPs do this?

Respectfully, Norm

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Norman,

It's people like you who make me stop and think every once in a while about
what I am doing. I have a MUD folder at work, another at home. But this is
not really the best solution for me.

What I should really do is have a single master MUD folder someplace,
probably on a network drive that's backed up every day. Then I should sync
to local MUD folders.

I've thought about getting one of those USB drives for my MUD folder, but I
tend to leave things in my pockets and I doubt they are resilient enough for
my washer and dryer.

-Jim
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[Paul Berkowitz]

With Office 2004, are there any reasons why one should NOT alias the
Microsoft User Data folder, leave the alias in place on the boot partition
and move MUD to another partition?

Do any of the MVPs do this?

I do, and have done so for years. No problems at all.

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[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

I do, and have done so for years. No problems at all.

Please advise on how to do this correctly. After I executed what I thought
was the proper way, Entourage both returned to default preferences and could
not find its database; in short, it was like launching Entourage for the
first time.

Here's what I attempted and then did to clean up afterward. But I'm stymied
on how to accomplish the move of the MUD folder so Entourage finds it:

1. Made an alias for the MUD folder
2. Moved the folder over to another partition and left alias in place
3. Launched Entourage
4. When Entourage came up empty, I checked and found that the MUD folder
had been copied, rather than moved.
5. I trashed the original MUD folder, leaving its copy on the 2nd
partition.
6. Again, Entourage launched as if there were no preferences or data base.
7. I copied from a second hard drive the Microsoft preferences and replaced
those on my boot drive.
8. Entourage still ignored my MUD.
9. I then moved the MUD folder back to its original location on the boot
partition.
10. Entourage works fine now, but I'm back at square one.

Your counsel on the correct steps to take without confusing Entourage,
please?

Respectfully, Norm

 

[Mickey Stevens]

Please advise on how to do this correctly. After I executed what I thought
was the proper way, Entourage both returned to default preferences and could
not find its database; in short, it was like launching Entourage for the
first time.

Here's what I attempted and then did to clean up afterward. But I'm stymied
on how to accomplish the move of the MUD folder so Entourage finds it:

1. Made an alias for the MUD folder
2. Moved the folder over to another partition and left alias in place
3. Launched Entourage
4. When Entourage came up empty, I checked and found that the MUD folder
had been copied, rather than moved.
5. I trashed the original MUD folder, leaving its copy on the 2nd
partition.
6. Again, Entourage launched as if there were no preferences or data base.
7. I copied from a second hard drive the Microsoft preferences and replaced
those on my boot drive.
8. Entourage still ignored my MUD.
9. I then moved the MUD folder back to its original location on the boot
partition.
10. Entourage works fine now, but I'm back at square one.

Your counsel on the correct steps to take without confusing Entourage,
please?

Here's what I've done:
1. Go to Entourage > Turn off Office Notifications, and quit Entourage.
2. Move the Microsoft User Data to another partition
3. Delete the original Microsoft User Data folder.
4. Command-Option-drag the Microsoft User Data folder back to the original
location.
5. Re-launch Entourage, choosing to re-enable notifications.
6. If your data doesn't show up, go to Entourage > Switch Identity to
re-select your identity.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

Here's what I've done:
1. Go to Entourage > Turn off Office Notifications, and quit Entourage.
2. Move the Microsoft User Data to another partition
3. Delete the original Microsoft User Data folder.
4. Command-Option-drag the Microsoft User Data folder back to the original
location.
5. Re-launch Entourage, choosing to re-enable notifications.
6. If your data doesn't show up, go to Entourage > Switch Identity to
re-select your identity.

That's essentially what I've done, too.

 

[Norman R. Nager, Ph.D.]

Here's what I've done:
1. Go to Entourage > Turn off Office Notifications, and quit Entourage.
2. Move the Microsoft User Data to another partition
3. Delete the original Microsoft User Data folder.
4. Command-Option-drag the Microsoft User Data folder back to the original
location.
5. Re-launch Entourage, choosing to re-enable notifications.
6. If your data doesn't show up, go to Entourage > Switch Identity to
re-select your identity.

Thanks so very much. Now I can feel more secure about my Microsoft User
Data, the most valuable folder in my Mac. Respectfully, Norm