User Folders - Change Default Location

No, it should just be one copy of each and appear just as it did in the C:\Users\(user-name) folder except at E:\Users\(user-name) instead.

If you are seeing 2 of each, then move the user folder back to C: , then use the tutorial below to fix your individual user folders to have only one copy of them again. Next, try moving the C:\Users\(user-name) again as in the tutorial on the first page to see if it will move properly for you this time.

User Folders - Restore Default Location

Sorry,

As long as each My Music folder is one for each user, then it's fine. If there are 2 each in the "Me" folder for the same account, then something is wrong and you need to restore the folders back to the default location and try moving them again afterwards.

You're welcome. Please keep us posted. :)

You're most welcome Ginsu. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. :)

Hello Everybody
as you can do to move the user profile for All New User Accounts Created,
you can modify registry to setup new position for all new user.

to do that, you must modify the default user registry hive


this hive is there:
C:\Users\Default\ntuser.dat

1. Load default user registry hive:
   Open administrator command prompt.
   Type: reg load hklm\Default C:\users\default\ntuser.dat
2. Open regedit
3. Go to
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
   and export them to save place
   That key is used to build new user account
   
4. Modify these value > to change folder position
   
   Personal > My Documents
   My Music > My Music
   My Pictures > My Pictures
   My Video > My Video
   Desktop > Desktop
   {374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B} Downloads
   
   Favorites > Favorites
   Templates > Templates
   Cache > Temporary Internet Files
   Cookies > Cookies
   History > History
5. These value are not present in original hive.
   You can add :
   {4C5C32FF-BB9D-43B0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4} > Saved Games
   {56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882} > Contacts
   {7D1D3A04-DEBB-4115-95CF-2F29DA2920DA} > Searches
   {BFB9D5E0-C6A9-404C-B2B2-AE6DB6AF4968} > Links
   CD Burning > Burn
6. Uload registry hive
   Open administrator command prompt.
   Type: reg unload hklm\Default
   You must unload the registry hive.

Eg:
To place My Documents Folder in D:\Documents\username\Documents,
modify Personal value with D:\Documents\%username%\Documents

Caution: Pay attention to variable %username%
If you forget it, All new users will have a common My Documents folder.

Modification result:


to restore original values, use your exported key created in point 3, or:

User Folders - Restore Default Location

You can also use this script to do all with few clic:
User Folders - Moving User Folders by Modular Script - Windows 7 Forums

Bye

Just to make sure I did this right, are the music, pictures and video folders suppose to still be under my c:\user?

Hello KBZ,

Sorry, but no you shouldn't have the user folders listed anymore at the C:\User\(user-name) location once it has been moved.

Since you do, then it looks like the WARNING under step 9 in OPTION ONE of this tutorial happened to you. You can fix this, be restoring the default locations of the user folders, and moving them again being careful of the warning.