Tried moving /users to a new drive ran into problems


  1. Leoheart
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    Windows home premium 64bit
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    Tried moving /users to a new drive ran into problems


    So I followed the instructions in this link

    Move the Users Directory in Windows 7

    Everything moved over but my desktop disappeared and all my running apps are gone so I did the reverse to chang it back and was somewhat successful. I still can't change my background from the black and everything seems to have disappeared in terms of preferences.

    Now is there a way to move over parts of the users folders as my SSD is quite small and mods take up exsessive amounts of space that can be done reletively simplely?
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  3. pbcopter
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    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       New #2

    Use this tutorial, option 2

    Move User Folders
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