How do I change the file location of layers under the Table of Contents?

Question

Working on a project for a GIS assignment in class I accidentally saved the highlighted layer in the wrong location.  Now I am trying to change that location.  How would I go about doing this?

DavidRand · Answer

Ok. I'm going in to campus to work on it today so I'll try this.  Thanks!!

StephenM · Answer

If I understand correctly, you want njcities_sp and njdistricts_sp to be in the geodatabase on the E:\ drive rather than the geodatabase on the C:\ drive? There are a number of ways that you could do this, but the most straightforward are probably:

* Export njcities_sp and njdistricts_sp to the correct geodatabase by right-clicking each layer and going to Data -> Export Data.* Documentation: Exporting features—Help | ArcGIS Desktop

* ArcMap will ask if you want to add the exported data to the map. You can do that, then remove the layers that are in the wrong location (right-click -> Remove).

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* Copy the feature classes and paste them to the correct geodatabase using the Catalog window or ArcCatalog.* Documentation: Copying feature datasets, classes, and tables to another geodatabase—ArcGIS Help | ArcGIS Desktop

* To update the data source for njcities_sp and njdistricts_sp to point to the new versions on the E:\ drive, you can do one of the following:* Remove njcities_sp and njdistricts_sp from the Table of Contents (right-click -> Remove) and add the copied versions from the E:\ drive geodatabase
* Update the data source for each layer to point to the new copy on the E:\ drive (right-click -> Properties -> Source tab -> Set Data Source)* Documentation: Setting data sources—Help | ArcGIS Desktop