Moving Default User Doc Location?

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  1. heismark
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    BigAdam said:
    Tried that, turns out it just sort of borks any new accounts.

    Well, raise the new accounts you need and then make the folder changes.

    You can raise a number of extra accounts and probably rename them later?
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  3. garysgold
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    BigAdam said:
    Heres the thing, in case anyone else comes upon this.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...am/Example.jpg
    You can add any folder to a library or create a new library, but this does not move any files. The library only gathers links. In other words, if a program you installed wanted to create a folder in 'Documents' the folder would still be on the C: drive as you have not moved the original Document folder.

    The first link I gave you will show you how to actually move that documents/music/pictures folder to the E: drive. If you make the E: drive your documents folder using this method, then when something of that nature happens, the folder will be created on the E: drive.

    Maybe you already know all that, but I just want to be sure.

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  4. ffcloud2000
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    I just reinstalled windows and tested out the registry edit to change where the user folder is located and it worked perfectly :) just run cmd when your about to enter in the user profile info during install and voila

    Windows 7 Move the Users and Program Files Directories To A Different Partition | Tuts4Tech
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