Changing Documents Folder

[SandStoned]

As you guys are probably aware, when installing certain programs, some folders get created in the root of the Documents folder. I don't like how these mix with my actual documents. So I'd like to do either one of these things:

Either change the name of the Documents folder (I'd name it Programs) and then I'll just create a new Documents folder under Users and use that for storing my files

Or change the default location where these folders get created (So I'd create a new folder called Programs and change the location to that folder)

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

This was written especially for you:
Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

 

[noidea_77]

There must be something mixed up with your installation, if a program installation creates a program folder in the root of your documents folder. That is not a normal behavior and can not fixed the way you want to do it. You may want to check the setting of you environment variables instead.