Vista - Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location

**Brink** · 11-21-2007

How to Change a Personal User Folder Location in Vista

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Last edited by Brink; 04-17-2009 at 03:01 PM..

**G0dLik3** · 11-30-2008

Yeah, well, I guess moving only My Documents, My Pictures etc is enough. I`ll just live with that... :P

Thanks for your reply!

**Brink** · 11-30-2008

You're welcome G0dLik3.

supervoc · 01-20-2009

Hi

I tried moving some of my User folders to another hard drive and it all appeared to go OK. However, I have noticed that the files are no longer private when someone else logs on to the PC even though the folders are green. Is there a way to restore privacy to these files?

Cheers

**Brink** · 01-20-2009

Hello Supervoc, and welcome to Vista Forums.

You could change the permission levels on the folder to not allow only that user permission access. This will help show you how. Just be sure not to deny everyone or your user account.

Folder Permissions

Hope this helps,
Shawn

supervoc · 01-22-2009

Hi Brink

Thanks for the welcome and the link.

I found that after I had followed the instructions the files could still be read by another administrator log-in, so while I was in there I denied access to the files and took ownership of them as well. This seems to have done the trick. Is this likely to cause me any problems down the line?

Regards

**Brink** · 01-22-2009

You're welcome Supervoc. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted out.

Shawn

**13thmonkey** · 01-26-2009

just wanted to say thanks for the tutorials, really appreciate the time you are putting into this. Saved my bacon.

**Brink** · 01-26-2009

You're welcome 13thmonkey, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Shawn

**13thmonkey** · 01-27-2009

I read on one of your posts not to move the favorites folder unless you grant it sufficient priviledges, what priviledges are needed or did I read it wrong?

And am i right in assuming that you cannot move the outlook folders? I want to move my ost file as I'm using a 30Gb SSD and 6Gb of ram and its getting a bit tight (need to turn hibernation off.

**Brink** · 01-27-2009

13thmonkey,

It's not a good idea to move the Favorites folder because it will cause the Favorites in Internet Explorer to no longer work.

I do not know about the Outlook folders. You might post that question in the Microsoft Office subforum in the Software forum.

11-21-2007
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,055 posts	Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location How to Change a Personal User Folder Location in Vista ... Click here to read the entire tutorial Last edited by Brink; 04-17-2009 at 03:01 PM..
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11-30-2008
G0dLik3 Vista x64 Ultimate SP1 6 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location Yeah, well, I guess moving only My Documents, My Pictures etc is enough. I`ll just live with that... :P Thanks for your reply!
My System Specs

11-30-2008
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,055 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location You're welcome G0dLik3.
My System Specs

01-20-2009
supervoc Vista Home Premium 2 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location Hi I tried moving some of my User folders to another hard drive and it all appeared to go OK. However, I have noticed that the files are no longer private when someone else logs on to the PC even though the folders are green. Is there a way to restore privacy to these files? Cheers
My System Specs

01-20-2009
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 26,055 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location Hello Supervoc, and welcome to Vista Forums. You could change the permission levels on the folder to not allow only that user permission access. This will help show you how. Just be sure not to deny everyone or your user account. Folder Permissions Hope this helps, Shawn
My System Specs

01-22-2009
supervoc Vista Home Premium 2 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location Hi Brink Thanks for the welcome and the link. I found that after I had followed the instructions the files could still be read by another administrator log-in, so while I was in there I denied access to the files and took ownership of them as well. This seems to have done the trick. Is this likely to cause me any problems down the line? Regards
My System Specs

01-26-2009
13thmonkey Vista Home Premium x64 6 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location just wanted to say thanks for the tutorials, really appreciate the time you are putting into this. Saved my bacon.
My System Specs

01-27-2009
13thmonkey Vista Home Premium x64 6 posts	Re: Personal User Shell Folders - Move Location I read on one of your posts not to move the favorites folder unless you grant it sufficient priviledges, what priviledges are needed or did I read it wrong? And am i right in assuming that you cannot move the outlook folders? I want to move my ost file as I'm using a 30Gb SSD and 6Gb of ram and its getting a bit tight (need to turn hibernation off.
My System Specs

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