Windows 10: Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

G0m3r said:

I have created the install DVD as per your instructions yet I still do only have the install.eds file. This is getting frustrating.

Frustratrion is because your laziness. Why don't you geeks read at least a few of the last posts in the thread and the tutorial really good through before posting your already several times answered questions?

Read this post.

G0m3r said:

Wow.... I come here for help and you decide to insult me? I have been in IT for over 15 years and never have I replied to someone coming to me for help with this sort of tone. Your tutorials are not as well written and you seem to think they are. But whatever. Assume what you like. THOSE are the instructions I followed.... At least I know now to not recommend this site to others.

I was not insulting you. I wondered why you didn't bother to read at least a few of the last posts in this thread, and / or the tutorial before posting a question that has been answered multiple times.

By the way, if a 15 year veteran in IT must ask a question you just asked, maybe you should reconsider your chosen career?

@Kari,
Thank you very much for the information you've posted here. Thanks to this forum I've been using SYSPREP for some time whenever I setup a new machine for a user. I just installed Windows 10 Professional on a Dell Precision T3600 which has a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD (OS and Programs) and 1TB WD1003FZEX (Data). I've attached copies of the .TXT file and .XML files that I use as a reference for folks to refer to if they'd like to do the same thing when performing a fresh install of Windows 10. As a *NOTE* people need to actually READ, yes READ the link which is included in the Win10ProCustomize.txt file; as they will have to change their .xml file to reference the correct edition of Windows 10 they are installing.

Now onto my question. After going through this complicated process for one of my users , they have decided the 1TB HDD isn't necessary. They would like me to move the Users folder back to the 850 EVO SSD and remove the 1TB WD spindle HDD. I've seen many posts in this thread regarding upgrades from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, but is there a difference between using SYSPREP during the install (to move Users folder to alternate drive) then changing your mind after a successful installation?

I have no problem reading through the thread, I don't want to get confused with details that don't apply to what I need to accomplish.

Again, your tutorials have been invaluable to me. I greatly appreciate the time you have invested helping others learn. Thanks again, John from St. Louis

Hi @Kari,

The long story involves me migrating an existing installation and having a bunch of permissions (e.g. on D:\Users for the 'All Application Packages' principal) not not being set. This meant that a number of W10 'apps' didn't run correctly. I was doing this using the TechBench 10586 image (with install.wim). An MS 'fix' ended up compounding the problem, so I decided to do a clean install of Windows...

With clean install (deleted all partitions), using the same iso (10586), I never get back to the OOBE screen after running sysprep. Instead it fails while on the Windows logo with a blank-body/blank-button error (X) dialog titled Windows Install. Escaping it gives 2 successive "Windows could not complete the installation. To install Windows on this computer, restart the installation" error messages. Escaping them causes a reboot and the loop restarts with the blank error dialog.

I tried this old fix, but it got me nowhere. Instead, I hung on the 'Just a moment' screen. Note that I did stop the (not actually running) wmp service. Note also that the ISO worked fine for a clean install. Do you have any experience with the 10586 build, or ideas on solutions?

Edit: I thought I'd mention that the DVD drive is attached via (Legacy) USB, but is bootable and mounts as specified (drive E: in my case).

jvook said:

I found the answer here to fix my issue. Thank you for the helpful guide, Kari. Perhaps you can update the guide with this info. Currently Method 1, step 2, last bullet point, directs to the post I quoted above -- which is incorrect.

I had forgotten to remove that bullet point when the advice became not valid some time ago when MS changed their systems.

Anyway, this advice has been at the very beginning of Method One, Step One since then (see the highlighted paragraph):

1. Install Windows 10

To clean install Windows 10, see this tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

You can download a Windows 10 ISO image with the install.wim file needed for this procedure by following instructions in this tutorial (Option One): https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9...-download.html

Kari

JohnStl said:

Now onto my question. After going through this complicated process for one of my users , they have decided the 1TB HDD isn't necessary. They would like me to move the Users folder back to the 850 EVO SSD and remove the 1TB WD spindle HDD. I've seen many posts in this thread regarding upgrades from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, but is there a difference between using SYSPREP during the install (to move Users folder to alternate drive) then changing your mind after a successful installation?

See the last part of this tutorial, titled Upgrade. In that part you'll find instructions on moving the Users folder back to C: drive, although personally I would do it by clean installing Windows.

Kari