Re: How to move user profiles to different HD?

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 07/10/02 

From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:01:31 -0700

Just move the My Documents folder. Right-click it and select properties
and move the Target.

To move other shell folders, read my article "How To Move the Shell
Folders"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm 

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Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
Leonard A. <lassowitz@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. I am curious how I can move a user's folder (entire
> profile) to a separate hard drive so that my documents do
> not reside on the same partition as my system.

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