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How do I move the users dir?

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Old 20-09-2007
Mort
 
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How do I move the users dir?

I have a second HDD and want all my user files to be stored there how do I
move C:\Users -> D:\Users?

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Old 20-09-2007
Ciron
 
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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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Old 13-11-2007
Inixi
 
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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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Old 15-11-2007
Steve Riley [MSFT]
 
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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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Old 18-02-2008
jv_chile
 
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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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Old 20-05-2008
gwmbox
 
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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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Old 07-04-2009
Esoterixia
 
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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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