Change Default Location for User Profiles

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We have a stand-alone Windows XP which is part of a workgroup.
User Profiles are by default created in "C:\Documents and Settings". How
can I have the new user profiles to be created in D:\Profiles instead?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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We have a stand-alone Windows XP which is part of a workgroup.
User Profiles are by default created in "C:\Documents and Settings". How
can I have the new user profiles to be created in D:\Profiles
instead?

Hi - you posted a nearly identical message in m.p.windows.server.general - I
replied there. Same advice applies.

Please don't multipost - if you need to post to multiple groups, it's best
to crosspost instead, by posting a single message to a handful of relevant
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thread. Thanks

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[Rock]

We have a stand-alone Windows XP which is part of a workgroup.
User Profiles are by default created in "C:\Documents and Settings". How
can I have the new user profiles to be created in D:\Profiles instead?

This can't be done after the OS is installed. The location of the user
profiles can only be redirected at the time of installation. There is an MS
knowledge base article on how to do that.