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Old 05-22-2008, 03:13 AM   #11 (permalink)
Default Re: How do I move the users dir?

So is there no solution for this yet from MS?

I cannot believe this very much sought after request has not yet been
rectified by MS...

Are there any third party solutions that can do this for you painlessly....

"Steve Riley [MSFT]" wrote:
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> 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.
>
> --
> Steve Riley
> steve.riley@microsoft.com
> http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
> http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com
>
>
> "Inixi" <Inixi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news1DAEA69-DFD8-40DE-9BD9-0E659FA9913C@microsoft.com...
Quote:
> >
> >
> > "Ciron" wrote:
> >
Quote:
> >> Try this tutorial:
> >> http://joshmouch.wordpress.com/2007/...tion-in-vista/
> >>
> >> I used it and it is working 100%
> >>
> >>
> >> "Mort" <Mort@discussions.microsoft.com> escreveu na mensagem
> >> news:308E309E-5545-46D4-BD56-E4524C13F46B@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a second HDD and want all my user files to be stored there how do
> >> >I
> >> > move C:\Users -> D:\Users?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Inixi
>
>
Greg
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