VirtualStore not working

[Merak]

Hi, I've got a problem with Vista's file virtualization system.

For years I've had my profiles folder (\Users in Vista) moved to another
partition on a different disk, in order to make reinstallation and backup
easier while improving performance.

Yesterday I installed Vista with C:\Users moved to D:\Users (D is my data
partition) and all appeared to be working well. However I quickly realized
that file virtualization is not working at all: the VirtualStore folder in
\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Roaming does not even exist, and legacy
applications writing to C:\Program Files simply fail with an access denied
error.
The Event Viewer does not report any problem for UAC-File virtualization and
the luafv.sys driver is up and running (verified with sc query at prompt).

Now, is there a way to fix this? I REALLY need to have my profiles on a
different disk, but I'd also like to have virtualization enabled (I know I
can edit permissions in Program Files to allow writes...).

Thanks.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

From what I understand, Microsoft does not officially support moving the
entire user profiles folder.

My "hackish" advice would be create a directory symbolic link on drive C
that points to drive D:

- Click start
- Type: cmd
- Right-click cmd.exe, click Run As Administrator
- Type: mklink /D c:\Users d:\Users
- Press enter
- Restart your computer

And see if that gets things moving.


--
- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

 

[Merak]

From what I understand, Microsoft does not officially support moving the

entire user profiles folder.

I see: that's too bad.

My "hackish" advice would be create a directory symbolic link on drive C
that points to drive D:

I had tried that before moving phisically, but for some reason the profile
service was not following the link and giving me a "profile not found"
error. I'll give it another try later, maybe taking a deeper look at the
event viewer.

 

[Keith Miller MVP]

Do all the paths found under this registry key:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"

point to your redirected folders?

 

[Merak]

Do all the paths found under this registry key:

"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
Folders"

point to your redirected folders?

Yes, they do.