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User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location

How to Allow or Prevent Users to Move their User Folders to a New Location
Published by Brink
05-14-2010
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How to Allow or Prevent Users to Move their User Folders to a New Location

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This will show you how to allow or prevent all users on the computer from changing the path of their user profile folders in Windows 7.

By default in Windows 7, users are allowed to move their user profile folders to a different location of their choice.

EXAMPLE: User Folders
NOTE: These are located at C:\Users\(user-name).
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EXAMPLE: Moving User Profile Folders Allowed and Prevented
NOTE: This is an example of moving the Music user folder if set to allow or prevent.
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OPTION ONE

Using a REG File Download
1. To Allow Moving User Profile Folders
A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.
Allow_Moving_User_Folders_Location.reg
download
B) Go to step 3.
2. To Prevent Moving User Profile Folders
A) Click on the Download button below to download the file below.
Prevent_Movning_User_Folders_Location.reg
download
3. Click on Save, and save the .reg file to the desktop.

4. Right click on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

5. Click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK when prompted.

6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.






OPTION TWO

Through the Local Group Policy Editor
1. Open the all users, specific users or groups, or all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.
2. In the left pane, click on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Desktop. (see screenshot below)
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3. In the right pane, right click on Prohibit User from Manually redirecting Profile Folders and click on Edit. (see screenshot above)

4. To Allow Moving User Profile Folders
A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled. (see screenshot below step 6)
B) Go to step 6.
5. To Prevent Moving User Profile Folders
A) Select (dot) Enabled. (see screenshot below step 6)
6. Click on OK. (see screenshot below)
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7. Close the Local Group Policy Editor window.
That's it,
Shawn



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01-28-2011   #1
karlsnooks


MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
 
 


Think you meant to say User Configuration in the discussion of manually changing.

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01-28-2011   #2
Brink


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


Nice catch Karl. Thank you. It has been corrected.
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