Can't move user profiles

I thought I would try one more approach ... steps were going to be ... rename current profile ... on E:\users\ edit Regedit etc., and rename it (RICK-old)
Then move it to C:\users\
Then once all working ... go in at low level and delete the RICK folder on :\users ..... should be fine as that will no longer be in use.

Renaming went fine .... but as before when I followed instructions;
User Profile - Change Default Location
When I get to step 4 ... after sevral minutes of copying get the error popup .Need administrator' permissions to copy file.
Wierd .. I can copy onto another HDD, make a backup etc;, but cannot paste/copy into into c:\users\

At least Windoze is running as it was ... Give_Away_of_the_day files still won't run when I click on .exe.

will this lose me all my installed apps ? .......... I'm guessing so.

That is what takes the time .... days to get apps installed & working again.

I lose a lot of Apps each time, I have a number of free apps, licensed on the day ... ( Give away of the day) you can't retrospectively install them, so a clean install loses me programs.
Hence trying to fix by other methods first.

I cant even get step #4 of copy profile E to C.
It gets underway and for several minutes copies files happily, then it comes across some it can't copy .. and advises it needs administrator permissions .. even though I am Admin.

gregrocker said:

Would you mine listing a few of those? Sounds dodgy to me. For example, when users frequently post the names of a few optimizing suites, we immediately know what's causing their problems and probably has already ruined their Win7.

I have used "Give Away of the Day" for many years .... probably install and keep 4 or 5 a year.
All genuine apps, virus free. eg.

Engelman - VideoMizer
Aomei - Backup
Easus- Partition Manager
Maxim - iResizer
Atensoft - Tilt Shift Generator
Engelman - Cimema HD4
Ashampoo - Photo Optimzer
Ashampoo - Video Optimizer
Paragon - HDD Manager


About a month ago I found while I could download & unzip the daily offerings I wanted ... they would not install, the .exe run, throws up 'dod you want this progam to make changes' popup .. but never proceeds.

Testing has been unable to ascertain cause, GAOTD support have advised I run a Windows Repair.
This was when I found this will not work if user profiles are on different location to OS.

For the past week .. been trying to re-locate profiles back ... and hit this copy issue. I thought the partial profile on C:\ (created by some app) some months after I had moved profiles to E:\
As it was asking to 'merge' folders and assumed some file dup was the issue.
the current profile and tried moving that back to C:\ ....... must assume there is 'something' in the profile that is blocking me copying it (even though logged in as admin it asks for admin privileges)