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| Thread ID: 32522 | 2003-04-21 07:41:00 | completely change users folder location in XP | agent (30) | Press F1 |
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| 137497 | 2003-04-21 07:41:00 | I now have only my 40GB drive in my computer - partitioned into two sections, of ~3.9GB and ~35GB. My 'WINDOWS' folder is on the smaller partition, the C: drive. So are all the programs in 'Program Files' which I either specifically want there, or have no option where they are installed, such as MSN Messenger, Windows Movie Maker, and the default applications installed with Windows. What I want to do is force my computer to use the D: drive for the 'Documents and Settings' folder. I booted into another copy of Windows (installed under the same licence - I'm not sure how happy Microsoft would've been with that, as I've already forgotten parts of the EULA, which I actually read; but I can no longer boot into that Windows installation due to renaming of folders), made a copy of the 'Documents and Settings' folder off the C: drive onto the D: drive, rebooted into the Windows installation on my C: drive, renamed my old 'Documents and Settings' folder on the D: and replaced it with the copy off the C: drive. Confused so far? Anyway, so far, I have used TweakUI to change all my 'Special Folders' (located under the 'My Computer' category) to point to the D: drive. I then logged off, logged back on, and proceeded to go through the registry, replacing "C" with "D" where I found anything pointing to the 'Documents and Settings' folder on the C: drive, thereby making it now point to the D: drive. Unfortunately for me, it does seem to revert back to the C: drive for some settings, which leaves me unsure about whether I can ever completely delete the 'Documents and Settings' folder on my C: drive. Does anyone know of any tools to do this? Thanks in advance Agent |
agent (30) | ||
| 137498 | 2003-04-21 09:50:00 | Hi Agent, We had a similar question here a day or two ago. Check out this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz), particularly Godfather's reply. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 137499 | 2003-04-21 11:35:00 | What a load to twaddle with a good example of guesswork. Read this (support.microsoft.com) and implement at your own risk. The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits - Albert Einstein |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 137500 | 2003-04-21 21:54:00 | Not really, what I originally wanted to do, but, in after-thought (or is it post-thought?), yes, I'll only change the location of 'My Documents' and everything contained in it. Because that's the only folder that will be taking up more space than the drive (C:) Windows is installed on. Thanks Susan and Merlin. |
agent (30) | ||
| 137501 | 2003-04-21 22:03:00 | Oh, you goddamned emoticon. | agent (30) | ||
| 137502 | 2003-04-21 23:17:00 | I get the impression that you want to relocate the entire "Documents and Settings" folder. The only information on the MS kb relates to Windows 2000. Locating the "Documents and Settings" folder in a place other than default (C:\) is best done (according to MS) during installation and specifically when doing an unattend installation. Another option is a manual method which involves editing the registry of an existing Windows installation. A third method relates to using a combination of roaming profiles and folder backups. This is usually found in domain setups. Either contact MS or experiment. Read here (support.microsoft.com) and do at your own risk. |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 137503 | 2003-04-22 00:57:00 | Merlin> Its DEAD EASY to do it in ANY MS-Windows OS! Simply Right-Click on the My Documents icon, and select Properties Choose your location and you're away! In Win9x you may have to manually move all the files to the new location, but Im sure 2K/XP do it for you... Sorry, but I dont have anywhere I wanna move all my file to at the moment ;-) so I cant check :p If its JUST the My Docuemtns folder, you're fine, otherwise... you could be in for trouble. You'd be better off moving the Swap file to a different Partition, as NT-Based systems make that dead simple. To do that in WinXP: Right-click on My Computer and slect Properties Go into the Virtual Memory options (Under a Performance Tab, I think.. Im currently on Win2K) and from there, select your secondary partition and tell it to make a new xxx big swap file (It will tell you what it recommends) and then select the C: drive again, and delete all entries in the Edit Boxes. Hit Apply and reboot when prompted. You've now freed up even more space on your C: Drive if that's what you're after. Im not too sure how to move the hiberfile.sys though if you have Hibernation enabled, but if you can do without it, disable it coz its ALWAYS sitting there on your HDD taking up the space.. Kinda sucks coz I have 512MB RAM so its a 512MB File! Hopt this helps agent :-) Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 137504 | 2003-04-22 06:05:00 | Further thanks. But I must point out - until you've put your computer into Hibernation for the first time, the HDD is just being told that the file is the size of your memory - you could probably open it with notepad (though it would take a long time to open, perhaps even slowing down your computer) and it would be largely blank. I think I'll keep KB236621 in my Favourites for future reference - at the moment, even though I've only been using my system for three days, I don't particularly feel like reinstalling Windows and adjusting all the settings; and at I'm not sure if you can do an installation of XP with the /unattend attribute. |
agent (30) | ||
| 137505 | 2003-04-22 09:09:00 | You can setup Win2K/XP to do a fully Un-Attended setup VERY easily, just follow the instruction on the CD.. Cant remember the file, but there's one called unattend.txt somewhere :-) | Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
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