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How do I link my Ubuntu desktop to a separate partition?

I have a dual boot system on my laptop running Windows 7 professional and Ubuntu 10.10. I would like my windows 7 desktop C:\users\username\Desktop and also my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop /home/username/Desktop to both save their files to the same location somewhere...perhaps /windows (a 40 gb win32 partition already set up on my single drive).
I could repartition if there is a faster way to do this..
I would like what I save on the Ubuntu Desktop to automatically appear on the Windows 7 Desktop when I go into Windows 7. Also if I work in windows 7, I would like the new files on the desktop in win7 to appear on the Ubuntu desktop when I log in there.
The concern I have about using the /windows partition is that I often use large multi-gig files for video editing purposes. I don't want to wind up shuffling large files between partitions. Please let me know what scenario works best in this situation. How would I best link both desktops into a single location to save files. Thank you.

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get_desktop_resolution

get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4) 				  Allegro manual				   get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4)

NAME

       get_desktop_resolution - Finds out the desktop resolution. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       int get_desktop_resolution(int *width, int *height);

DESCRIPTION

       Finds out the currently selected desktop resolution. You can use this information to avoid creating windows bigger than the current resolu-
       tion.  This is especially important for some windowed drivers which are unable to create windows bigger than the desktop. Each parameter is
       a pointer to an integer where one dimension of the screen will be stored.

       Under  some  OSes,  switching  to a full screen graphics mode may automatically change the desktop resolution. You have, therefore, to call
       this function before setting any graphics mode in order to retrieve the real desktop resolution. Example:

	  int width, height;

	  allegro_init();
	  ...
	  if (get_desktop_resolution(&width, &height) == 0) {
	     /* Got the resolution correctly */
	  }

RETURN VALUE

       Returns zero on success, or a negative number if this information is not available or does not apply, in which case the	values	stored	in
       the variables you provided for `width' and `height' are undefined.

SEE ALSO

       desktop_color_depth(3alleg4), set_gfx_mode(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2				   get_desktop_resolution(3alleg4)