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Troubles moving user directory via a junction
Hello,
Some time ago, I had used mkdir /J (creating a junction) to move my user directory from the C: drive to the D: drive. Now I need to move it to a P: drive, and am having trouble.
I used robocopy to copy all the files in D:\User\Steve to P:\User\Steve. Now I want to set up a junction that points from C:\User\Steve to P:\User\Steve (much as I had successfully done before, when I was able to get C:\User\Steve pointing to D:\User\Steve).
I've tried the following, which unfortunately doesn't work:
- Delete the user account Steve
- Create a link (using mkdir /J) from C:\User\Steve to P:\User\Steve
- Create user account Steve
- Unfortunately, it then creates a NEW profile at C:\User\Steve.Desktop, vs. linking the new "Steve" user name to the junction C:\User\Steve (which points to P:\User\Steve), which is what I want.
I've then tried deleting C:\User\Steve and (quickly!) renaming C:\User\Steve.Desktop to C:\User\Steve, but that doesn't work either.
Any suggestions?
Many thanks, Steve