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Old 10-22-2006   #1 (permalink)
yirm


 
 

Move the "home" folder location

I'd like to set up an account with a profile which has a home folder on a
different partition -- not in c:\users. I've tried changing the Home
folder "local path" location in Computer Management > Local Users and Groups
> Users > (accountname) > Properties > Profile.


So this does create a set of folders (Documents, Music, Pictures, etc.) in
the specified location. However, When you access "(accountname)",
"Documents", "Music", "Pictures", etc. from the start menu, you are
accessing folders in c:\users\accountname.

After all these years, is there any way to create or move user profile Home
folders to a location other than the default?

TIA.

-Jeremy



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Old 10-24-2006   #2 (permalink)
SoundCase


 
 

Re: Move the "home" folder location

Create the folder in the desired location right click the right folder
select share apply share then move your folder to it.
"yirm" <yirm.nospam@antispam.tiferet.com> wrote in message
news:OsDiUah9GHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> I'd like to set up an account with a profile which has a home folder on a
> different partition -- not in c:\users. I've tried changing the Home
> folder "local path" location in Computer Management > Local Users and
> Groups
> > Users > (accountname) > Properties > Profile.

>
> So this does create a set of folders (Documents, Music, Pictures, etc.) in
> the specified location. However, When you access "(accountname)",
> "Documents", "Music", "Pictures", etc. from the start menu, you are
> accessing folders in c:\users\accountname.
>
> After all these years, is there any way to create or move user profile
> Home folders to a location other than the default?
>
> TIA.
>
> -Jeremy
>


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