Moving documents and settings folder to another partition

[Allgaeu-Tobias]

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

 

[ju.c]

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

 

[Allgaeu-Tobias]

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

 

[ju.c]

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

 

[Allgaeu-Tobias]

Hi ju.c,
thank you for your trouble!

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

 

[Allgaeu-Tobias]

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

 

[Allgaeu-Tobias]

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

Regards,
Tobias

 

[ju.c]

Man, that was not easy, eh?

Nice work!


ju.c

 

[ju.c]

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 to the "Mover" account.
5. Copy all the folders inside 'C:\Documents and Settings\'
(except the 'LocalService', 'NetworkService', and 'Mover'
folders) to the new location. (The LocalService and
NetworkService folders will be re-created automatically.)
6. Open the Registry Editor and Find & Replace all
instances of "\Documents and Settings\", including:
- \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\
- %SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\
- %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\
- C:\Docume~1\
7. Shutdown your computer, wait 30 seconds then turn it on.
8. Logon to the 'Mover' account.
9. Repeat step 6.
10. Reboot and logon to your original account.
11. Test by renaming the '\Documents and Settings\' folder
in drive C. If you can rename it then it worked!
12. If everything is OK, then you can delete the 'Mover'
account that you created before.


ju.c