By default, your My Documents folder is stored inside of your local user profile folder. While this typically is fine you may want to change the location of these documents. For example, if you have a server, it makes sense to put your files on the server so they can benefit from any backup processes running on the server.

To change this, simply do the following:

1. Right click on My Documents from either your desktop or Start Menu icon.
2. Select Properties.
3. Go to the Location tab.
4. Click the Move button.
5. Navigate to the new location. This can be either a local drive, mapped drive or a UNC path.
6. Click Apply.
7. You can optionally have the Windows automatically copy over any existing file.