Moving User "Document and Settings" Folder to a new drive
From: Cort Severns (RSeverns@wthi.emmis.com)
Date: 08/22/02
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From: "Cort Severns" <RSeverns@wthi.emmis.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:45:35 -0700
Yes this is possible.
Login in as Administrator. Create a Users folder at the
root of D:\ if there is not already one there. Next, go
to the command prompt (DOS window) and type:
xcopy C:\Docume~1\*.* D:\Users\ /E/C/H/K
This will copy all their existing profile infomation to
D: once copied you can delete the user folders from
C:\Documents and Settings. Delete only the user folders,
not Administrator, LocalService, and so on. If you are
not sure, leave the folder.
Right click My Computer and select proporties, click the
Advanced tab and then click Settings in the User Profiles
section. Delete all the user profiles. Again, do not
delete Adminstator or Hogan if they exist. If there are
user profiles you cannot delete, restart and try again.
Run regedit. Goto to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and change
ProfilesDirectory from '%SystemDrive%\Documents and
Settings' to 'D:\Users'.
Have the user(s) log back in and check to see it the
profile is created in D:\Users.
-Cort
>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows XP Home Edition on 1 PC and Windows XP
Pro on another - I
>would like a solution for both.
>
>I would like to move ALL the document and settings
folders from the default
>location in the Windows XP drive to another drive
letter. I can move most of
>the folders like My Music, My Pictures and My Documents
either with the
>registry or TWEAKUI (which is time consuming) but new
accounts will still
>have folders set up in the windows XP drive. I want new
accounts to be set
>up in my new location, in this case D:/Users.
>
>Is this possible?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>.
>
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