User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location

    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location

    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location

    How to Allow or Prevent Users to Move their User Folders to a New Location
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    How to Allow or Prevent Users to Move their User Folders to a New Location

       Information
    This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent all or specific users from being able to change the location of their user folders in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.


    EXAMPLE: User Folders
    NOTE: These are located at C:\Users\(user-name).
    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location-user_folders.jpg
    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.
    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location-allowed.jpgUser Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location-prevented.jpg



    OPTION ONE

    Using a REG File Download


    1. To Allow Moving User Profile Folders
    NOTE: This is the default setting.
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below.
    Allow_Moving_User_Folders_Location.reg
    2. To Prevent Moving User Profile Folders
    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below.
    Prevent_Movning_User_Folders_Location.reg
    3. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    4. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file and click on Merge.

    5. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC-Windows 7/8) OR Continue (UAC-Vista), Yes, and OK.

    6. When finished, 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/tap on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Desktop. (see screenshot below)
    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location-gpedit-1.jpg
    3. In the right pane, right click on Prohibit User from Manually redirecting Profile Folders, and click/tap on Edit. (see screenshot above)

    4. To Allow Moving User Profile Folders
    A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below step 6)
    NOTE: Not Configured is the default setting.
    5. To Prevent Moving User Profile Folders
    A) Select (dot) Enabled, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below step 6)
    6. Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
    User Folders - Allow or Prevent Moving Location-gpedit-2.jpg
    7. Close the Local Group Policy Editor window.
    That's it,
    Shawn






  1. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #1

    Think you meant to say User Configuration in the discussion of manually changing.
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  2. Posts : 71,976
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #2

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