Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

Hi and thanks.
I have done the process and all seems fine but did notice something you did not said why.
In the video of your original method 1 you say you changed the install windows path to the install.wma.
yet in the code file this is not there anymore. so guess its not needed?

Kari said:

1. No difference, none at all. Speeds are the same as the Windows system still resides on SSD.
2. No.
3. No.
4. I have used this method continuously since first beta versions of Windows Vista back in 2006. I use it on all physical machines, without an exception, have used in all Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 & 8.1, and in each and every Windows 10 version since I joined Insider program the day first Windows 10 preview version was released 1st of October, 2014. I am currently using it in latest Windows Insider Preview build for version 1903, released yesterday (or today in US time).
   
   I have never had any issues. Updates, upgrades, everything works. Everything user profile related is stored on another drive, that's all.

Kari

Thank you so much Kari!

Hi,
I posted this in the forums area, but another user suggested I post it here instead. I'm not sure how the forum and the tutorial "posts" flow together or not.

Having troubles with relocating users folders.

The short description is that I think I have performed all the steps in the video, but my folders are not moved. I can not tell if my relocate.xml is being processed or not. The post in the forum has more details.

Thanks.

Hello, (here's the details from the other thread).

I am trying to follow the 'Move Users Folders to another location' (Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials)
tutorial and I cannot get my Windows system to move the folders.

I watched the Video, very helpful, and noticed a mention of an "all important" Windows install file "windows.vim" file ... but I could not find that file on my system. This is about 3:27 into the video.

I had to recently use the "Media Creation Tool" to re-install Windows 10 as all but one of my user accounts failed to login. So I thought I would move all my account to another drive, just in case my primary drive is failing

Since I am running Windows 10 1803, 17134.345; I read that I did not have to de-activate the other users, so I did not.

When I run the sysprep command:
"%windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /oobe /reboot /unattend:d:\relocate.xml"

My system reboots and I go through the screens shown in the tutorial. I create a dummy account and I think all the rest. When I log into that account, the user folders are all still pointing to "C:\Users". All the other users' folders are also still pointing to "C:\Users" as well. I can not tell if the 'unattend' file is actually being used or if there is some error happening.

Is there a log file someplace that records the install/sysprep results or progress.

Below is my sysprep unattended file: [I changed to 'x86' and Profiles to "D:\Users", this was just copied from the tenForums web site.] I did notice that in the video, there is an extra line "cpi" and some reference to Windows 10 "Edition", but that line seemed optional according to another posting on this forum.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<FolderLocations>
<ProfilesDirectory>D:\Users</ProfilesDirectory>
</FolderLocations>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend>


I hope there's not too much information here, I was trying to show everything all at once. (I think I can manually move the folders by using the "location" tab on the properties pages, but I was hoping that this sysprep would work.)

Thanks for any advice.

Hello Karin ... back again with silly question:
( Just discovered your TubeChannel - Happy you did it! )

Do your videotutorial have no sound ?
If so, may you please put a comment below, making it sticky, saying "no sound on this video" ???

Reason:
When you build a new PC, need Karin support .... run the video...
and start to wonder if that PC is working ... or if (suddenly) sound has dropped out of the system
(again - as it happened before)

Or a better alternative:
A small initial speech "I'm Karin, Welcome to my channel, this tutorial has NO SOUND"


Alain

Hi Kari

Have a question for you. I've searched around the web and this post and I can't find an answer to a question I have (sorry if already asked). I also would like to move the User's directory of the C: drive of an SSD to a HDD, but don't want to keep re-moving it back to the SSD every time an upgrade (hope I used the correct term) comes along. So my question is what if I keep the User's directory on my boot drive of C:, but move my specific user name directory under User's and then put in a symbolic link?

For example: C:\Users\Optimistic is currently what I have, login under Admin and move just Optimistic directory to HDD, and then make a symbolic link from C:\Users\Optimistic (symbolic link) to D:\Users\Optimistic.

1. Would this work?
2. Would this work for even Windows upgrades?
3. Can you see any problems with this?

I know every time a new user was added I would have to move their directory, but this is not a problem for me.

Did want to say great thread, and it's wonderful how you stay with it. Saw lots of threads years out of date on other sires.

Thanks.