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Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: Allgaeu-Tobias
Date: Sep 17, 2008 23:25

I know this has been asked many time before, but I can’t find the
answer.

I want to move "C:\Documents and Settings" to
"D:\Documents and Settings".
I followed carefully all the steps in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314843/en-us under
"Moving the entire folder".
But after a reboot the registry keys and values point again to
"C:\Documents and Settings".

Kindest Regards,
Tobias Heilig
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: ju.c
Date: Sep 18, 2008 01:31

I recommend using 'Tweak UI'.

Open 'Tweak UI' and under 'My Computer/Special Folders' click the down arrow and select
'My Documents' then click the 'Change Location' button.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

ju.c
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: Allgaeu-Tobias
Date: Sep 18, 2008 02:50

"ju.c" wrote:
> I recommend using 'Tweak UI'.
>
> Open 'Tweak UI' and under 'My Computer/Special Folders' click the down arrow and select
> 'My Documents' then click the 'Change Location' button.

I don't want ot move "My Documents" but rather the entire
"Documents and Settings" folder.
That can't be done with TweakUI.
The only way seems to be the one described in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314843/en-us under
"Moving the entire folder".
But as I mentioned a reboot restores the registy entries to
"C:\Documents and Settings".
This last point is the problem.

Kindest Regards,
Tobias
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: ju.c
Date: Sep 18, 2008 03:35

I am sorry, I misunderstood.

Here's the help you're looking for:

Move your Documents And Settings USERNAME profile off of the C: drive
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1409.html

"This is a tip that allows you to move ALL your personalized settings in 'C:\Documents and
Settings' to another partition."

ju.c
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: Allgaeu-Tobias
Date: Sep 18, 2008 04:42

Hi ju.c,
thank you for your trouble!

"ju.c" wrote:
> Move your Documents And Settings USERNAME profile off of the C: drive
> http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips1409.html

This is still not what I'm looking for.
I don't want to move a single userprofile but rather the complete
"Documents and Settings" folder, which should be possible regarding
to the MS KB article 314843.

Kindest Regards,
Tobias
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RE: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: Allgaeu-Tobias
Date: Sep 18, 2008 05:50

I just found that on the web:
http://www.dyonisii.com/cgi-bin/waterwheel/index.pl?case=win&sub=mds

(The difference in that guide is, to do the registry changes a
second time after rebooting. [see step 15])

Tonight I will try if that works.

Regards,
Tobias
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Solved: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: Allgaeu-Tobias
Date: Sep 18, 2008 22:08

The solution described in
http://www.dyonisii.com/cgi-bin/waterwheel/index.pl?case=win&sub=mds
worked for me.

Regards,
Tobias
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: ju.c
Date: Sep 18, 2008 22:42

Man, that was not easy, eh?

Nice work!

ju.c

"Allgaeu-Tobias" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AB8E2FB4-A73F-4B51-8368-620D65DCECB1@microsoft.com...
> I just found that on the web:
> http://www.dyonisii.com/cgi-bin/waterwheel/index.pl?case=win&sub=mds
>
> (The difference in that guide is, to do the registry changes a
> second time after rebooting. [see step 15])
>
> Tonight I will try if that works.
>
> Regards,
> Tobias
>
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Re: Moving documents and settings folder to another partition         


Author: ju.c
Date: Sep 19, 2008 21:31

I've re-written the directions on this link to be cleaner and easier to read.
http://www.dyonisii.com/cgi-bin/waterwheel/index.pl?case=win&sub=mds

MOVING THE '\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\' FOLDER TO ANOTHER DRIVE

The following is based on KB236621 but revised for XP.

1. Open Explorer.
2. Create a new folder called 'Documents and Settings' in
your desired drive.
3. Create a new profile with administrative permission and
call it "Mover".
4. Logoff then logon...
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