title: Can i install / use nuget if my documents folder is on a shared drive?
body: <p>I see a <a href="http://nuget.codeplex.com/discussions/240739" rel="noreferrer">number of issues</a> on the nuget forum around not being able to install if your My documents folder is on a shared drive.  If I don't have the flexibility to change this (locked down policy) is there any way i can use nuget?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the error i get when trying to install it from the VS Extension Manager:</p>
  
  <p><strong>The system cannot find the path specified. (Exception from HRESULT:</strong></p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dTHIV.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>The VS log file shows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - Microsoft Visual Studio Extension Installer
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - -------------------------------------------
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - Initializing Install...
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - Extension Details...
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Identifier      : NuPackToolsVsix.Microsoft.67e54e40-0ae3-42c5-a949-fddf5739e7a5
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Name            : NuGet Package Manager
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Author          : Microsoft Corporation
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Version         : 1.6.21215.9133
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Description     : A collection of tools to automate the process of downloading, installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing packages from a VS Project.
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Locale          : en-US
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  MoreInfoURL     : http://docs.nuget.org/
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  InstalledByMSI  : False
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  MinFramework    : 4.0
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  MaxFramework    : 4.0
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Supported Visual Studio Editions : 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -      Version : 10.0
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          Pro
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          IntegratedShell
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          VWDExpress
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          VPDExpress
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -      Version : 11.0
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          Pro
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          IntegratedShell
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          VWDExpress
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -          VPDExpress
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  Supported Isolated Shells : 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM -  References      : 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - 
  3/23/2012 9:45:26 PM - System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: The system cannot find the path specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070003)
     at System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHRInternal(Int32 errorCode, IntPtr errorInfo)
     at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.ExternalSettingsManager.GetScopePaths(String applicationPath, String suffixOrName, Boolean isLogged, Boolean isForIsolatedApplication)
     at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Settings.ExternalSettingsManager.CreateForApplication(String applicationPath)
     at VSIXInstaller.App.GetExtensionManager(SupportedVSSKU sku)
     at VSIXInstaller.App.GetExtensionManagerForApplicableSKU(SupportedVSSKU supportedSKU, IInstallableExtension installableExtension, List`1 applicableSKUs)
     at VSIXInstaller.App.InitializeInstall()
     at VSIXInstaller.App.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
  </code></pre>