Moving the AppData folder?

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Nigel Molesworth

I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
separate (M:) drive.

At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
store folder.

However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).

Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
my data on a separate drive.
 
Nigel said:
I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
separate (M:) drive.

At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
store folder.

However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).

Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
my data on a separate drive.
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Hi,
Maybe modyfying this key is the answer?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]

BR,
//SaM
 
Nigel said:
I want to set up my Vista installation so *all* my data is on a
separate (M:) drive.

At present I have changed the Favorite Links to Documents, Downloads
etc to point to folders on M: and I have also moved my Windows Mail
store folder.

However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).

Any thoughts on how to do this? I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting all
my data on a separate drive.
Click to expand...
Hi,
Maybe the answer is modyfying this key?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders]

BR
//SaM
 
However, it occurred to me that the neatest solution would be to move
the C:\Users\Nigel\AppData to M: so that all programs should use this
for their data (perhaps after a reinstall?).
Click to expand...

I think the answer may lie in the "Group Policy Object Editor", but I
can't find it!
 
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