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| How do I move the users dir? move C:\Users -> D:\Users? |
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Is there no way of doing it (C:\Users --> D:\Users) that IS supported and won't break upgrades? Is moving individual folders described below the only alternative? Is there an answer to this question? I know I can change the location of music video pictures etc but what I really want to change is the location of appdata under my user name. Changing the location of all folders in C:\users would work but how is this done? |
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| Re: How do I move the users dir?
Hi, Unfortunatelly i tried this solution and it gave me destructive result. I have Vista Business 64 bit, after operation like it is described in this article the "regedit" was not found in system, any kind of registry was unable to open and also profile folders were still on system root partition, not on other partition like I wanted to have. Probably this works in Windows XP, but on mine did not work. Is there any other solution for this? |
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| Re: How do I move the users dir?
Don't do this, it's unsupported and it will break upgrades. Instead, you can move the individual folders inside your %USERPROFILE% directory. Select the folder, right-click, choose Location, and enter the new location. Windows will move all the files and folders inside that folder. |
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| Re: How do I move the users dir?
Steve Riley, You say "don't do X" but then don't provide a clear solution on how to resolve the original problem. I don't want my stuff stored on c:\users\myname - I want everything to be c:\myname because it is simply easier to navigate, and I already have a directory structure there. Furthermore, when I click on "myname" in any of the windows explorer windows, I want to be taken to my base, which is "c:\myname" and not "c:\users\myname". Can you please provide better insight on how to accomplish this? Thank you |
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| Re: How do I move the users dir?
So is there no solution to this? I would have thought this would be a default feature in 'Vista' or any Windows OS. Basically want to be able to move in its entirety D:\Users to D:\Users Please advise of a Supported solution for this. Using Home Premium |
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| Re: How do I move the users dir?
When I searched my Vista Home Premium's Help & Support section, it did not say I could move the c:\Users folder, but it did state that I could move its subfolders, as well as the Public folder. This is a bit annoying, because what happens is that you still have c:\Users\Me in the old location, and then all of its subfolders are elsewhere on the D drive. The way to do so is to select each subfolder, one at a time, and right-click on it, then select "Properties." There should be a "Location" tab, and that's where you can type in the new location for that folder. If you don't see a location tab, then I assume the folder can't be moved. It would be ideal if the entire Users folder AND its subfolders can be moved in one sweep, although I don't know how this will affect programs installed on the C drive, looking for your data or settings for it and not being able to find it... |
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