Change Default Home Directory of All Users

[darius]

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Can anyone tell me how to change the default home directory for all users
both new and old from C:\Documents and Settings\%username% to a different
location such as D:\Documents and Settings\%username%. I have 2 HDD's on my
computer 1 with 250GB (C: drive), and 1 with 400GB (D: drive). I would like
to use the C: drive for just program files, updates, etc., while the D: drive
houses all the user information for my users (except for the default admin
and 2 other user created admins). I also work with several other laptop
computers in the same configuration but with smaller partitions/HDD space.
Is there anything I can do to accomplish this? I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

 

[Chris]

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Please check out this article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310147/EN-US/

"Darius" wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to change the default home directory for all users
> both new and old from C:\Documents and Settings\%username% to a different
> location such as D:\Documents and Settings\%username%. I have 2 HDD's on my
> computer 1 with 250GB (C: drive), and 1 with 400GB (D: drive). I would like
> to use the C: drive for just program files, updates, etc., while the D: drive
> houses all the user information for my users (except for the default admin
> and 2 other user created admins). I also work with several other laptop
> computers in the same configuration but with smaller partitions/HDD space.
> Is there anything I can do to accomplish this? I'm running WinXP Pro SP2.

 

[Guest]

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Darius <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me how to change the default home directory for all users
>both new and old from C:\Documents and Settings\%username% to a different
>location such as D:\Documents and Settings\%username%.

See "Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621).

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[darius]

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This is great info, but I would like to keep (if possible) 3 accounts in
their original location. The Default Admin Account and 2 other user created
local admin accounts. Is this possible?

"Thorsten Matzner" wrote:

> Darius <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Can anyone tell me how to change the default home directory for all users
> >both new and old from C:\Documents and Settings\%username% to a different
> >location such as D:\Documents and Settings\%username%.
>
> See "Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder"
> (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621).
>
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>

 

[Guest]

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Darius <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>This is great info, but I would like to keep (if possible) 3 accounts in
>their original location. The Default Admin Account and 2 other user created
>local admin accounts. Is this possible?

I do not think so. Windows needs an unique place to store the user
profile data.

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