So, seemingly, one of the problems with using multiple user accounts to separate work and play is that you might have some data that you want to share between the two accounts, but which should actually be stored in someone’s “My Documents” folder. Take music, for instance. I listen to my music at work and at home, so where should it go? Under my work account or under my home account?

As it turns out, you can have the data appear in both places by placing it in

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents

So, my music placed in

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents\My Music

will magically appear in both my work and my home accounts’ “My Music” directories. In fact, anything placed in the “All Users” directory in this fashion will work this way.

Like most things I think, say, or do: this isn’t earth shattering. But it has certainly made things a bit easier for me. And, of course, this technique assumes that you haven’t by-passed the entire “My Documents” paradigm. For example, on my desktop I’ve setup a separate drive to store my data.