Re: [MiKTeX] problem with settings in MikTeX 2.7

[Cornelius C. N. <no...@it...>]

  I used the setting icon of MikTeX 2.7 to set up things; the entries
in the roots part of the settings menu are now

Path                                   Description
----                                   -----------
C:\programs\MikTeX_2.7                 Install
C:\programs\MikTeX_2.7\localmiktex

which is just what I wanted, and MikTeX seems to be doing what
I expect it to do.

But:
In contrast to 2.7, the 2.6 roots settings had 3 further
categories with corresponding descriptions,, which seem to be
fixed once and for all by the installation wizard, viz.

Path                                        Description
----                                        -----------
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\...
   ...Cornelius\Anwendungsdaten\MikTeX\2.6   UserConfig
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\...
   ...Cornelius\Anwendungsdaten\MikTeX\2.6   UserData
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\...
   ...All users\Anwendungsdaten\MikTeX\2.6   CommonData

and these I couldn't change at all (at least I didn't find out
how to).

And now I found that MikTeX 2.7 tries to use exactly theses paths,
even though the settings menu no longer displays them explicitly.

My problem with that is that I have Win XP set to put all my user
data to a separate hard disk, the F: disk (for security and backup 
reasons), and therefore that's where I want the 3 abovementioned
folders to reside, but I couldn't find a way to choose these
settings.

Obviously I am trying to do something that the MikTeX installation
wizard doesn't like [ by the way: why does the wizard make a
difference between the path 'Cornelius' (that's me) and
'All users' ? What's the rationale behind that ??]

What can I do, other than giving up the systematics of having
programs and user data on 2 different hard disks?

Any help (including possibly nasty remarks about my obvious
clumsiness) will be greatly appreciated.

ccn.
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