XP: Moving my User Profile data to another drive?

[nihilist]

How would one go about moving their User Profile path in Windows XP? It's a local user profile, not a domain or anything.

Instead of c:\documents & settings\n1hilist\ I want it to be on d:\n1hilist

I've changed it in the registry and that worked for a while, but Windows (in it's almighty, infinite wisdom) decided to reset it back.

Any ideas?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

http://forums.hexus.net/operating-s...ents-settings-folder-different-partition.html

 

[The_Unbeliever]

and, yes, windows sucks in that regard...

any good linux distro will drop users and user data into /usr (or /home) if set up correctly

 

[nihilist]

Mmm, tried that.. Windows moved the profile back!

 

[medicnick83]

Goto your desktop, right click on my documents, click properties and change the location there.
Simple!

 

[nihilist]

That's just one gear in the whole workings. I want to change the prifle path, not just My Documents.

Goto your desktop, right click on my documents, click properties and change the location there.
Simple!

 

[nihilist]

Damn linux zealots. fsck off.

Besides, you're preaching to a believer here

and, yes, windows sucks in that regard...

any good linux distro will drop users and user data into /usr (or /home) if set up correctly

 

[Coza]

System properties -> Advanced -> user profiles -> settings -> select user profile and select copy to -> choose d:
Make sure you are not logged in with the same profile that you are trying to copy or it will give "file in use errors". you MUST restart and log in as a different user with admin rights, not just log off, or you will also get errors.

 

[nihilist]

I tried that aswell, with another account, same issue, Windows would just move it back.

I think I'm just going to manually change all the Shell Folders with regedit.

System properties -> Advanced -> user profiles -> settings -> select user profile and select copy to -> choose d:
Make sure you are not logged in with the same profile that you are trying to copy or it will give "file in use errors". you MUST restart and log in as a different user with admin rights, not just log off, or you will also get errors.

 

[Coza]

Are you sure it actually copying it back ? it will leave the original profile there and COPY it to the specified location. rename the old profile to username.old or something to that effect after it has finished copying it to the new location.

 

[nihilist]

I fixed it, I re-did everything (for the 100th time) from scratch and it's working perfectly now..

Damn XP.

Thanks Coza

Are you sure it actually copying it back ? it will leave the original profile there and COPY it to the specified location. rename the old profile to username.old or something to that effect after it has finished copying it to the new location.