Move the Users folder to another drive or partition under Vista 64

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  My C drive is full and I have a D drive, how can I move video folder on drive d.

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• Win7: How can I move user folder to another drive

  (with all its tentacles of registry supported)

  Related to this issue but a little different (using Win7 RC)
  I would like to move the folders from the user for all members of the family to E:\
  What is the best way?
  When I cut and paste, I am warned a bunch of system folders. In addition, I don't see the LOCATION tab when I click on properties.

  When you create a clean installation, using the combination of a system SSD drive and a conventional disc, such as a data reader, there is a way to 'move' the users folder (normally, C:\Users) and the hidden ProgramData folder (normally C:\ProgramData) for the conventional disc, or the data reader, using an answer file, or an unattend.xml file for an unattended Setup, as mentioned above.

  For a person making a unique, one-time Setup, trying to figure out how to create an answer for fully automatic, just installation file to accomplish this small one, is average, far too much trouble.  It is also not necessary.

  It is possible, during an installation of conventional and interactive disc installation or USB thumbdrive, to enter what we call, 'Mode of Audit', until the computer is called or a created user name and perform the necessary reallocation.

  (1.) a conventional facility.  If you are using an SSD, at the point the installation process where you are asked where you want to install Windows, you must use disk Options to delete all partitions on the SSD drive, before you select the SSD drive as a target.  Do not manually partition or format the drive before installation.  Windows 7 will do and must do, because Windows needs to align the logical format with the characteristics of the physical drive, and, also, Windows wants a small system partition for its own purposes.

  2.) when installation stops, waiting for you to give a user name and a computer name, the computer are not!  Press Ctrl + Shift + F3, and the computer will restart in... (wait for it!) "Audit mode '!  Basically, Windows create a disposable administrator account and log in, as this disposable administrator.  Hurt you, with regard to this temporary user survive complete the installation, but the computer works normally, and you can install the drivers and software.  Every time that the computer starts in Audit mode (you are allowed to restart), a version of Sysprep.exe GUI will pop up, offering to restart the computer in OOBE (out of box experience).  OOBE is where you were a moment before - that is to say, where you create a username and computer name and installation is complete.  Do not restart in OOBE, until you are ready to complete the installation.

  3.) he should know what drive letter (or the location of the folder) will be assigned to your disk Datadrive.  So, it's time, in audit mode, to understand this.  If you need to partition or format the datadrive, do so now.  On the Start Menu, right click on "Computer" and select Manage from the context menu, go to the computer management console.  In the management console of the computer, storage/disk management, you will find tools to change drive letters, partition, etc.

  4.) you need only a minimal answer file.  It is an xml (text file) file created in Windows System Image Manager application.  You can call what you want.  I would say: folders.xml.  Here are the contents of a folders.xml file, which is re - locate users and ProgramData to D:\

  
  
     
         
             
                  d:\Users
                  d:\ProgramData
             
         
     
     
  

  I'm going to imagine a scenario where you make this file on another computer, and transfer to the computer when the installation is done using a USB key, which, when it is connected to the computer in Audit Mode, is attributed to the extra drive letter:

  You could probably just copy the text above into Notepad and save it as a text file with the .xml extension and be good to go, as long as you wanted to use d:\Users and d:\ProgramData as your Datadrive locations.  (I used this answer file, with success; I do not guarantee that it will work for others.)

  5. to use the folders.xml, located in the root directory of your flash drive, plugged and visible under U:\ form, you must open a command prompt, access c:\windows\system32\sysprep and give this command:

  Sysprep.exe /audit /reboot /unattend:U:\folders.xml

  This will cause the reboot of the computer, but you will end up right back in Audit Mode.  As long as you're still in Audit Mode, re-location of these dossiers is not complete, because the temporary administrator useraccount still has his stuff in C:\Users and there are still a few active databases in C:\ProgramData.

  6.) now, you need to say goodbye in Audit Mode.  Remember that a graphical interface for the use of Sysprep to initialize the OOBE appears whenever you re - boot into Audit Mode.  "So after restart you 5.) you will have your chance to run it.  (If it comes to your personal computer, do check the box "Generalize" in the GUI of Sysprep).

  7.) finishing your Windows installation, create a permanent user name and giving the computer a name, etc.  When you're finally running, go get to C:\  C:\Users should have disappeared.  C:\ProgramData is probably still there, but it is normally hidden, so you won't know, until you go to Folder Options and check Show hidden files and folders.  D:\Users and D:\ProgramData (hidden) must also exist.

  8.), I like the idea of using junctions to intercept any program crazy enough to hardcode to c:\users or c:\programdata you will need to delete or move C:\ProgramData, before creating a junction to C:\ProgramData pointing to D:\ProgramData.  The command line tool, mklink, is useful here.  Open a command prompt, and then type mklink /? to get instructions.  If you want a right click GUI tool, you can check:http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

  After you create junctions, I think you could use regedit to edit the ProfileList key to the locations of origin C:\.  Folders.XML will have changed the Folderlist key, so that everything points to D:\ instead of %systemdrive%\ or C:\   I'm not sure what would be the point, but you couldn't.

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

• Change the location of the TEMP folder on another drive

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  2. is it a security risk to modify the TEMP Internet folder of the hidden/protected area on the C drive to another local HHD? I read that there are built-in virtual paths and protections on both the system and registry that tends to protect Internet files TEMP containing viruses, rootkits, etc. to easily reach areas critical. Norton likely also verifies signatures in these default fields for the TEMP files.

  Thanks in advance.

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  Hi Mike,.

  To change the location of the system Temp folder, follow the steps below.

  1. right click on computer and click Properties. In the window that appears with the basic information about your computer

  2. click on settings system advanced on the left panel, resulting in a dialog box click on the Advanced tab one

  3. click on the button marked down from Environment Variables.

  4. you can see listed in the TEMP and TMP variables user (account). It's common place; each different login account is assigned its own temporary location.

  5. in the Variable value box, you can specify the path to the Windows directory and many other programs use for temporary files.

  Remember and repeat this process for the TMP and TEMP.

  You'll need to restart all programs that are running for the new value to take effect. In fact, you will need to restart Windows for it to start to use the new value for its own temporary files.

  To change the location of the Temp Internet folder, follow the steps below.

  Note: That Internet Explorer moves cookies to the new folder and the old folder is deleted. In addition, the following message appears when you try to move the Temporary Internet Files folder:

  Warning: The location of your Temporary Internet Files folder will delete all your subscription data.

  1. Create a new folder to store the files. For example, if you want to store the files in a folder named Ietemp on drive D, create the following folder:

  D:\Ietemp

  For more information on how to create a folder, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type the new folderand then double-click the topic "folders."

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
  3. On the general tab, click settings.
  4. Click move folder.
  5. Click the folder that you created in step 1.
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  You can change the location of the temp Internet folder explore; There is no threat to the security of your computer.

  Hope this information is useful.

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• Move the mail folder to another internal HD

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  Can I move my mail folder and others if necessary, the user library and place an alias pointing to the new location instead

  I know that it is impossible for the virtual memory, but what of the rest? If located same applications to start the drive others don't work...

  The SSD is the only one with a system, all the others are just for data

  My Mac is a MACPRO 4,1 2009 with 32 GB of RAM and a NVIDIA card for my second screen

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  I tried several times to post a link on this forum using Chrome, but I could not get into the question for some reason.

  I am quite experienced with Apple software I have used their products for the Apple]]

  I had no problem with Safari instead,

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• WSSF - can you move the vod folder to another location?

  I have my server configured so that installation is on c:, and the multimedia files on d:.  First of all, I tried streaming files in the original installation location, and it worked.

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  These two variables application.xml points, which should be in your fms.ini file (they are by default). So not really sure why they are not here, unless manually removed someones.

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• My C drive is nearly full, can I send the 'Users' folder to 'C' on another disk "D"?

  I am usiinf Windows 7 Professional, my 'C' drive is an SSD with 'only' 56 Gig. My hard drive "D" is a one terabyte with more than 900 GB of space left on it.

  My file 'Users' is 13 Gig.

  DAVID BROOKER

  I don't think you can move the Users folder, but you can disable Hibernate and move your pagefile to free space, and you can move your Documents, music, pictures and videos folders.  You can uninstall some programs, and then reinstall them using the custom option and put them on the D: drive too.

  Good luck.

• Move the user off the system disk folders? Envy of all the data on E, so need to move directories user E. not individually, but in the world. If all new users, I create will have their user and docs folder on E.

  Got a new laptop with win 7 home premium pre-installed. Using the language of win 7... I have decreased the volume of HDD to 55 GB.  Made new simple volumes. I want all the data personal on E, so need to move user directories to E. No individually change the location tab on dozens of files, but in the world. If all new users, I create will have their user and docs folder on E from the gitgo.

  Under XP, I could just change the 'My Documents' link on each desktop, go to the e. * instead of c *. *, but with win7?

  As a Windows Home Server and most wise OS facilities, the system drive is isolated and a drive of 2 or 3 for everything else.  Get a problem? Just restore the system drive.

  You need the answer?

  Thank you
  Tom
  PS Microsoft: This backup/do imaging software, why don't we name the image so many can all be stored on easily in one place without having to go and rename it or move them elsewhere?

  Hello TomZork,

  Thanks for posting on the Microsoft answers Forum.

  In another forum, I found the instructions to move folders of users to another drive.
  You can follow the post here. This is attributed to Jimmie R. Houts.

  Article:
  You can move the entire folder C:\Users to another drive quite easily once windows is installed:

  1. Boot from the installation media and access the command prompt (I think you need to click on fix everything first)
  2. Use Robocopy to copy C:\Users to D:\Users: robocopy c:\Users d:\Users /mir /xj
     a. /mir says robocopy to mirror directories, this will copy all files and permissions
     b. /xj is very important, it means robocopy does not follow the points of junction. If you forget this, you will have a lot of trouble.
  3. Make sure that the files copied successfully
  4. Delete c:\Users
  5. Create the junction pointing d:\Users: mklink /d c:\Users d:\Users

  That's all. I used this process for Vista RTM with no problems.

  Here's an article that explains as well. Just use robocopy instead of xcopy as it does in the article in order to avoid possible ntfs permissions problems.

  Update: because I discovered the hard way, I thought I would mention also that if you plan on switching "Program Data", or "Program Files" with this method, you will be disappointed to know that everything works as expected, but the windows updates will install is no longer. I don't know if this problem has been fixed in Win 7.

  With the foregoing, it is not a Microsoft forum or Web site so you will have to use at your own risk. I also recommend to do a system restore point before making any changes in directories that you can then go back to a previous state.

  Please reply back and let us know if these suggestions help you to solve your problem, then to benefit others.

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  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• full of drive c, drive d not. I can just move the users to the d drive

  Hello

  I have drive C (VISTA OS) 55 GB free of 3%. (System start-up, swapfile, active crash dump, primary partition)

  A drive D (DATA) 48.8 GB with 84% free also (logical drive)

  There is also an anonymous reader of 7.81 Gb with 100% free (primary partition)

  Now the problem... is possible for me to move the users (17 GB) of the C folder on D to release memory on C, or is there a better solution.

  Thank you very much

  John

  Hello

  I have drive C (VISTA OS) 55 GB free of 3%. (System start-up, swapfile, active crash dump, primary partition)

  A drive D (DATA) 48.8 GB with 84% free also (logical drive)

  There is also an anonymous reader of 7.81 Gb with 100% free (primary partition)

  Now the problem... is possible for me to move the users (17 GB) of the C folder on D to release memory on C, or is there a better solution.

  Thank you very much

  John

  Hey Jean vc

  back up your data on d: delete d: and c: and then extend it in the unallocated space where d: is

  read the below tutorial on how to do

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/95418-disk-management-delete-extend.html

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  Moving files in Windows 7 and Windows 10 user

  1 this is the standard way to work [I've included in the procedure to move all user folders rather than just the desktop folder you mentioned and I spoke also defining the IE file downloads].

  1.1 create a folder K:\Documents & moving * your data inside files [move content from C:\Users\yourusername\Documents not the folder \Documents C:\Users\yourusernamehimself].

  [* Windows will offer to move the files on you when you change the location definition in subsection 1.2 tab, but it can get really annoying if it fails, then it is safer to move yourself in advance.]

  1.2 set the location in \Documents C:\Users\yourusernametab to point to K:\Documents.  You do this, as you must already know, by doing a right click on the file C:\Users\yourusername\Documents and selecting Properties and then click on the location tab.

  1.3 set permissions to K:\Documents by clicking right on & selecting share with specific people or one right click on it & select Properties then the sharing tab.  [You can allow yourusername & accounts Admin reading & writing, but other users ['allowed users'] to have, for example, list only permissions].

  1.4 repeat 1.1 - 1.3 for these other user folders [I showed records that I moved them just for example]

  Music K:\Documents\Music,

  Photos K:\Documents\Pictures,

  Videos K:\Documents\Videos,

  [IE] Favorites K:\SystemSettings**\Favorites

  Links K:\SystemSettings**\Links***,

  Search K:\SystemSettings**\Searches.

  [* SystemSettings - it just suited my backup plan to separate these parameters in one group different file.]

  [* Links - This is the entrance to 'Favorites' that appears at the top of the Windows Explorer Navigation pane - he has very wisely been renamed in Windows 10 quick access since that's what it is dedicated]

  A folder of additional user exists in Windows 10 - the screenshots folder and my advice on the use of this facility and moving his file is in setting and checking of the screenshots folder

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  2 verification of the task and correction of errors by using the registry; check the IE, downloads folder

  2.1 it is probably possible to change the parameters of location in the registry manually rather than use the location tab, but I only looked at him subsequently to check happened correctly and to correct an error I had made.

  2.2 as it is to change the registry the usual warning apply [back to the top of all, make an image of the system, test the system repair disc / Windows installation disc so that you know that you can start with something to be able to restore the image if Windows will not cooperate].

  2.3 open RegEdit [C:\Windows\regedit.exe] - I always open it by right-clicking and selecting run as administrator, but I don't think that it is essential for the special keys used in this task.

  2.4 I checked how to implement by accessing user ID

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

  and clicking each entry in the list to see what number S-1-5-21-NNNNNNNNNNNN-100X is the name of the affected user.  The user name appears in the right-hand side of the RegEdit window you look at each entry.  The number of S-1-5-21-etc., it will be the X at the end between your user accounts.

  2.5, go to this entry [using the S-1-5-21-etc number you just found]

  HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-NNNNNNNNNNNN-100X\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders

  2.6 checks if the value of the personal in the right side by double-clicking on the personal and changing that value to that of the new way you have implemented already.  [Staff means entry of user my documents ].

  2.7 checking the values of the other user folders that you moved.

  2.8.1 [Windows 7] while you're there, check IE, location of the downloads folder.  It is in the key

  {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B} which is normally the second entry down just after {Default}.  This sets the folder you would normally define in IE, Tools, view downloads, Options.  I saw that the normal procedure fool you once, and there is no adverse consequence to set the correct value in the registry instead.

  2.8.2 [Windows 10] you must manually set this folder once for a corresponding registry entry must be created.  Thus, as a first step, set the folder in IE, Tools, view downloads, Options.  Subsequently, you will be able to check & to change the setting to Explorer\Main HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2568008921-1580239441-348697478-1001\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet with its default download directoryentry.

  2.9 you will also see a few lines up key

  HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-NNNNNNNNNNNN-100X\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell records

  and the corresponding entries in there match those in which you have worked in.  I mention the existence of the second series of entries just because you could see the and might get scared that something has gone wrong.  When I made this correction, I just couldn't get the second set until later so I have whatever it is worry.  You will notice that some entries exist in two of these areas, while others exist only in one of them.

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  3 while I saw some threads in this forum who allege that registry changes can achieve more than using the box location tab [i.e. more than my procedures in article 1 & 2 cover], I see no convincing evidence that it worked [and I saw at least a thread who said that subsequent attempts to run a repair installation wouldn't work - the system has just said that he could not. work with unexpected folder locations that he discovered].  I think that these discussions said that they had moved all of the user profile on the data disk, but I have no notes thereon as they seemed to me to be questionable procedures.

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  4 benefits of the relocation of the user folder

  The separation of your data files of your operating system & its applications is not just free up some space on the OS disk [normally C:\], it also allows to make images of system regular training of the BONE that are almost certainly going to be 40 GB or smaller [and only take 25 minutes to do].

  It would take you back to excellent capabilities as response to the corruption of the serious system could then be to boot from a system repair disc or a Windows 7 USB/DVD installation and restoration of this image, i.e. restore the system drive, exactly what was on it at the time that the image was made.  This restoration only takes about 25 minutes.

  I did a couple of years and would never set up my system any other way now.  I had previously considered images of the system as a tool of INFORMATION services used to avoid the difficulty of flaws correctly, but I was wrong.  Now, I make them regular system on external drives and can therefore get reliable disaster & quickly.  You can hunt with confidence the flaws or just to do experiments in knowing that you will be able to go back to square one, even if everything goes wrong.

  With separate system & datafile discs, you can continue to do backups of simple file of your own files on your disk data using Windows backup or another backup of file utility.

• How can I make a folder available only to a user (as the user folder)?

  I moved my library files and downloads folder to another partition. To do this, I did the "Users" folder I created "userA" application folder. I moved all the folders in the library in it. Everything was fine, but after the passage of 'b' user account, I found "UserB" can access all the ' wear "s newly made of the folders in the library.

  Is there a way to "wear out" folder invites a password entry window when "userB" or other users on the same computer try to access it, just like the original user folder in the original partition doesn't? (If "UserB" tries to access "userA" s original user folder in the C drive, it displays a password entry window asked to type ' wear "s login password.)

  Thank you!

  JP-

  You can change your authorization file to allow only the folder owner read the files.  If your door-inherited certain permissions from its parent, you can open the advanced permissions dialog box to remove the legacy. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-are-permissions#1TC=windows-7 for more details.

  Note there is no defense against the directors. For example at the password prompt, if the user enters an identifier of the administrator, the authorization of your file could be modified to allow access.  Administrators have full control over the system.

• How to restore the default permissions (for example, the users folder) in windows 7?

  Dear windows users,

  Recently, I messed up the permissions of the files. What happened is that I took my laptop hard drive (win 7 64 bit system) in a USB external hard drive case. Then I get the USB into another windows office 7. I went through the users (perhaps of other files) folder in the hard disk of laptop on the desktop via a USB connection. It is very likely that the Office has changed the permissions of the files.
  I put the hard drive to my laptop, but some applications gives error like access denied messages.
  Is there a safe way to fix them? How to reset the default permissions?
  Thank you.

  BTW, have you worked with permissions of folders? Do you know what happens if permission to c:\users is messed up?

  When permissions in a subfolder in the users folder are confused so the user will not be able to run some programs, to create, modify or delete some files. The folder property affected, followed by assigning appropriate permissions, is usually sufficient to solve the problem.

• Solid State Drive SSD how to store the user accounts on secondary drive

  I installed windows on a SSD and I want to use a secondary drive for all my data. How to configure windows (explorer) to do this? Thank you, DM.

  Move the users directory and directory ProgramData on one drive other than the drive that contains the Windows directory Warning Using the ProgramData parameter to redirect folders to one drive other than the system volume will block your ability to upgrade to later versions of Windows.

  By changing the location by default of the user profile directories or folders of program data to one volume other than the system volume, you cannot service your Windows installation. Impossible to apply updates, patches or service packs to install. We recommend that you do not change the location of the user profile directories or files from program data.

• Error when you try to move the cloudvolumes folder in a different data store

  OK, so I'm moving my App volume 2.10 cloudvolumes folder of datastoreA on vcenterA on datastoreB on vcenterB, because we want to separate us from our VDI of our basic infrastructure.

  We are able to access the two vcenters on the web client.

  I tried to just copy the folder datastoreA to datastoreB cloudvolumes and received the following error.

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  I've seen this error in Veeam before when moving virtual machines from a data store. The solution is to remove and readd the virtual machine in the inventory.

  
  

  Everyone tried to move the cloudvolumes folder?

  
  

  Any help would be appreciated.

  
  

  Thank you
  

  
  

  
  

  I would never move the folder because there are files that will always be accessible or are not in read/write mode.

  I suggest you copy the files from the 1 folder to another, or maybe add an additional data store to the manager Appvolumes and let the files (appstacks at least) copy automatically.