User Shell Folder redirection only creates destkop, nothing else.

Hi Guys,

I've modified the user shell folder locations to where all new users should have a user folder created on a d partion, with respective data folders like my docs, music, pictures, etc. It seems like my registry edits are correct, and i get no errors, but when i create a new user and login, the only user folder that is created on the d partion is the desktop, no other folders. Any idea why this may be occuring? I'm including screenshot of part of registry I edited for feedback.

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the quick reply! If following step 2 were so easy for what I'm trying to do . I'd like the user profiles to still live on C:\. All I want to live on the D:\ are user data files like docs, pics, music, and downloads. I want all the other profile info to still live on C:\. I thought I had it pegged with the registry edits I listed above, but when a new user logs in, all that's created on D is the Desktop, and everything else defaults back to C. Hope that sheds a little more light on my issue.

Thanks!

That's what I pretty much gathered through my testing, I was just hoping there was something I was missing (but I guess I'm not :-\ )

Thanks!!

OK, so here is what I did to remedy the issue.

I applied the user shell registry changes to administrator, i then copied the administrator profile and made it the default profile. I made sure to copy the default profile with the permissions set to 'everyone' to a temp profile. I deleted the default profile, and renamed the temp profile as default.

Logged back in as administrator, created new user, logged in as new user, viola, works like a charm!

Thanks again for the assistance!