Update data folder in Palm Desktop 6.2.2

I've got an installation of Palm Desktop where my data files are kept in a non-standard location on a different hard drive. This helps keep the important address and datebook stuff separate from my primary file system. Sometimes Palm Desktop loses track of what I'm trying to do and appears to wipe all the data out. Upon closer inspection, I found that it had created a new database on:
C:\Palm OS Desltop\
naughty naughty , because it should be in My Documents (on a different hard drive, the J:drive) which should be:
J:\my docs\Palm OS Desktop
You can tell your Palm Desktop to go to the correct place by:
1. shut down Palm Desktop
2. shut down the HotSync Manager (right click on the task bar icon and hit 'Exit')
3. run regedit (start> run> type in "regedit", hit enter
4. navigate inside regedit to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S. Robotics\Pilot Desktop\Core
5. modify the "Path" from "\Palm OS Desktop" to "J:\my docs\Palm OS Desktop", with out the quotes
6. restart HotSync Manager, run Palm desktop, and you should be good to go.
A little note: the program regedit is not for the feint of heart. You are modifying some pretty obscure, but important, data that the software on your computer uses for behind the scenes stuff. Be very careful when making changes to Registry using regedit. If you screw this up, you could find yourself in a tricky situation.
Thanks:
http://oduinn.com/2007/03/25/how-to-reinstall-the-palm-desktop-and-still-access-pre-existing-data/
regedit help:
http://www.computerhope.com/registry.htm
Post relates to: Centro (AT&T)

Hello. I know I'm responding to an old post, but I want to refer to the procedure outlined here.
Before sending my laptop in for repair I removed my Palm Desktop data folder for security reasons. It was in a non-standard place (D:\Palm\Palm Desktop). Now, with my laptop back, I can't get the Desktop or Hotsync to recognize this path. I tried the regedit you suggested, but my path is still not recognized. Desktop creates C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Palm OS Desktop instead.
This is maddening because I know I did this successfully when I bought the machine 3 years ago.
Any ideas? Thanks.
-- Bob.

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