Move user Desktop to another partition

You can move your desktop (Desktop folder in Windows) to another location.

Follow these simple steps for that: 
1. Go to Registry Editor.  
2. Navigate to 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion 
\Explorer\User Shell Folders  
3. There change value of
Desktop  
from  
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop 
to  
D:\Desktop 
or whatever you like. 


Recommendation:
Moving desktop folder to a partition other than system partition helps keep your precious data inert to vulnerabilities of system partition like Windows failure, system breakdown. 

Enjoy! 


* For those who do not know how to Go to Registry Editor*: 
1. Press Start button.
2. Click on Run.
3. Type regedit in Run dialog box.
4. Hit OK. 

* Keyboard shortcut for Run is "WindowsLogoKey + R".