How to move a user profile from C: to some other drive

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RJ Trede

I'm getting tired of filling up my C: drive with data
files... Not only do all my files I create in Word,
Excell, etc. always default to the 'my documents'
directory on the C: drive (I can always manually save them
somewhere else), but also programs like Outlook express
save all my emails to the C: drive when I store them
locally. Outlook express seems to give me no choice in
where the emails are saved.

Is there a way to change the default location of my user
profile from the C: to some other partition? (say D: or E:)

By the way, I am on Win2k Pro.

Many thanks!

RJ Trede
 
<SNIP> Is there a way to change the default location of my user profile from the C:
to some other partition? <SNIP>
Click to expand...

- Log in as a user in the Administrators group (but not the user account whose user
profile you want to move).
- Create a Profile Folder in the new location.
- Configure Windows Explorer to show Hidden folders by using Control Panel | Folder
Options | View [tab]: Click to select: "Show hidden files and folders".
- In the Documents and Settings folder, open the folder for the user account whose
user profile you want to move. On the Edit menu, click Select All, then copy. Open
the Profile Folder in the new location and select Paste.
- Run regedt32.exe and change the locally cached profile path to point to the new
location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-XXX: ProfileImagePath

For more information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:

KB214470 - How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=214470
<SNIP> all my files I create in Word, Excell, etc. always default to the 'my
documents' directory on the C: drive
Click to expand...

You can easily change the default location of the My Documents folder. For more
information search Windows 2000 Help for: "Using My Documents"
<SNIP> Outlook express save all my emails to the C: drive <SNIP> seems to give me
no choice in where the emails are saved
Click to expand...

You can change the location of the Outlook Express Storage Folder. For information
on the subject for Outlook Express 6 search for the following Outlook Express Help:
"To change the location of your message store". For information on the subject for
earlier versions of Outlook Express see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article:

KB175037 - OLEXP: How to Change the Default Location of Mail and News Folders
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=175037
 
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