Relocation of My Documents folder in Windows XP

There are two major possibilities of moving user data from C: drive to D: drive here:

1. Relocate My Documents and possibly some other folders
   1. For Windows XP you need either:
      • Simply right-click "My Documents" on the desktop, then specify a new location.
      • Edit the registry directly as explained in My Documents Folder in WinXP
   2. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 there is a “Microsoft-approved” method of right-clicking certain folders in your user profile directory (“Documents,” “Music,” “Videos,” and “Pictures” if you’re using Vista or Windows 7) and selecting “Properties” and using the options there to change the default location of those folders.
2. More involved and more dangerous (not supported by Microsoft) solution is to move the whole Documents and Settings (D&S) folder to the D: drive. You need to understand how Windows operates to use this path: should be attempted only by professionals who know how to work with the registry. This solution can break some installed program which store absolute path to the folders and are not using registry. Also the fact that registry will be on D: drive creates some complications: you cannot use Windows backup for backing up the data partition and should use imaging program for both. That is not a deficiency as modern imaging programs permit restoration of selected folders and files much like ordinary backup programs.  

   Dyonisii.com [windows Moving Documents and Settings Folder]

   Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 236621 indicates a solution for moving the Documents and Settings (D&S) Folder. However, this only applies to MS Windows Server 2000, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.
   
   If you are using Windows XP, here are the steps which you could follow. The following is based on KB236621 but has been revised so it would fully work for Windows XP.
   
   Note: By executing the steps indicated below, you are doing so at your own risk. I can't guarantee that this is going to work, although it has always worked perfectly on my machine, each time I would reinstall Windows XP.
   
   To move The D&S Folder from one drive (C) to another (D):

   1. Open Windows Explorer.
   2. Create a folder called "Documents and Settings" (without the quotes) in drive D.
   3. Show all files and folders [Tools > Folder Options > View tab > Choose "Show hidden files and folders" > Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" > Ok.]
   4. Create a profile with administrative permission and call it "mover" (without the quotes) [Open Control Panel > Open User Accounts applet > Create a new account > type "mover" without the quotes > Click on Next Button > Choose Computer administrator > Click "Create Account" button.]
   5. Logout of Windows XP and use the "mover" account.
   6. Go to your current D&S folder (C:\Documents and Settings). You should be able to see all the folders there, including the ones used by the system. If this is not the case, please execute step 3.
   7. Copy all the Folders inside C:\Documents and Settings except the LocalService, NetworkService, and mover folders to the new location (D:\Documents and Settings). Notice that you cannot copy the LocalService, NetworkService, and mover Folders because they are in use. If you happen to copy these by mistake, just delete them. (The LocalService and NetworkService folders, which cannot be copied, will be created automatically at the new location after all the steps in this document has been executed.)
   8. Open RegEdit [Start > Run > regedit].
   9. Change all instances of C:\Documents and Settings to D:\Documents and Settings. ***Make sure that you backup your registry first before changing anything. Messing up with the Registry can be dangerous to your computer.*** (You may use F3 to search for every instance of D&S.)
   10. Change any entry which points to Documents and Settings to D:\Documents and Settings\... including, but not limited to, "\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\...", "%SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\...", and "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\..." to "D:\Documents and Settings\...."
   11. Change also all instances of C:\Docume~1 to D:\Docume~1 as "Docume~1" is the 8.3 representation of "Documents and Settings"
   12. Double check all the changes you have made before closing RegEdit.
   13. Do a cold boot of your computer. [Shutdown your computer and turn it back on].
   14. Use the "mover" account again.
   15. Go through processes 8 until 11.
   16. Reboot your computer and use your original account.
   17. Your D&S setting should already be in drive D. Try renaming the "Documents and Settings" folder in drive C to, let's say OLDD&S. If the rename was successful, you have successfully moved your D&S folder from drive C to drive D.
   18. Congratulations!
   19. Restore the settings of your Windows Explorer by reversing the choices you made in step 3.
   20. Oh, and don't forget to remove the mover account you have created before if everything is working fine now.

   [Thanks to Kasper from Copenhagen and Noel from Seattle, Washington for the feedbacks, and the guys discussing this document at Moveuser.exe

Note: The Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit has a tool "moveuser.exe" that can  re-associate a profile with another user account.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 236621 indicates a solution for moving the Documents and Settings (D&S) Folder. However, this only applies to MS Windows Server 2000, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.

If you are using Windows XP, here are the steps which you could follow. The following is based on KB236621 but has been revised so it would fully work for Windows XP.

Note: By executing the steps indicated below, you are doing so at your own risk. I can't guarantee that this is going to work, although it has always worked perfectly on my machine, each time I would reinstall Windows XP.

To move The D&S Folder from one drive (C) to another (D):

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Create a folder called "Documents and Settings" (without the quotes) in drive D.
3. Show all files and folders [Tools > Folder Options > View tab > Choose "Show hidden files and folders" > Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files" > Ok.]
4. Create a profile with administrative permission and call it "mover" (without the quotes) [Open Control Panel > Open User Accounts applet > Create a new account > type "mover" without the quotes > Click on Next Button > Choose Computer administrator > Click "Create Account" button.]
5. Logout of Windows XP and use the "mover" account.
6. Go to your current D&S folder (C:\Documents and Settings). You should be able to see all the folders there, including the ones used by the system. If this is not the case, please execute step 3.
7. Copy all the Folders inside C:\Documents and Settings except the LocalService, NetworkService, and mover folders to the new location (D:\Documents and Settings). Notice that you cannot copy the LocalService, NetworkService, and mover Folders because they are in use. If you happen to copy these by mistake, just delete them. (The LocalService and NetworkService folders, which cannot be copied, will be created automatically at the new location after all the steps in this document has been executed.)
8. Open RegEdit [Start > Run > regedit].
9. Change all instances of C:\Documents and Settings to D:\Documents and Settings. ***Make sure that you backup your registry first before changing anything. Messing up with the Registry can be dangerous to your computer.*** (You may use F3 to search for every instance of D&S.)
10. Change any entry which points to Documents and Settings to D:\Documents and Settings\... including, but not limited to, "\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\...", "%SystemRoot%\Documents and Settings\...", and "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\..." to "D:\Documents and Settings\...."
11. Change also all instances of C:\Docume~1 to D:\Docume~1 as "Docume~1" is the 8.3 representation of "Documents and Settings"
12. Double check all the changes you have made before closing RegEdit.
13. Do a cold boot of your computer. [Shutdown your computer and turn it back on].
14. Use the "mover" account again.
15. Go through processes 8 until 11.
16. Reboot your computer and use your original account.
17. Your D&S setting should already be in drive D. Try renaming the "Documents and Settings" folder in drive C to, let's say OLDD&S. If the rename was successful, you have successfully moved your D&S folder from drive C to drive D.
18. Congratulations!
19. Restore the settings of your Windows Explorer by reversing the choices you made in step 3.
20. Oh, and don't forget to remove the mover account you have created before if everything is working fine now.

[Thanks to Kasper from Copenhagen and Noel from Seattle, Washington for the feedbacks, and the guys discussing this document at Experts-Exchange.com.]
Last revised 15 November 2004 02.17 +0800

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How to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Windows XP Configuration & Management

HI all,

I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive
permanently.

Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.

Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C drive
before I format C Drive.

I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping reinstalling
Windows...).

I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So in the
future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be left
intact.

However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*" tend to
have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want these
temporary parts(which are not my personal
data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.

How can I do it efficiently and safely?

Thanks a lot!

Responses to "how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive?"

cfman

RE: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Posted: 07-14-2006, 09:06 AM

I believe this can be done (search technet for info on profile-root relocation) but it's unsupported and may lead to 'issues'.

Other thing is, it shouldn't be done for a system with existings users and apps, becuase some apps set absolute-paths into the profile. Thus if you relocate the profile after the app is installed, these (unruly) apps will continue to store data in the old location regardless.

Ian

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive?

Posted: 07-14-2006, 09:08 AM

"cfman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> HI all,
>
> I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive
> permanently.
>
> Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
>
> Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C drive
> before I format C Drive.
>
> I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
> sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping reinstalling
> Windows...).
>
> I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
> data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So in

the

> future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be left
> intact.
>
> However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*" tend to
> have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want

these

> temporary parts(which are not my personal
> data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
> formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
>
> How can I do it efficiently and safely?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
>

Simply right-click "My Documents" on the desktop, then specify a new location.

To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in an imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.

Please take it easy with your cross-post. Such a simple question hardly justifies then many newsgroups you've posted it to.

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Steve

Guest
Posts: n/a

RE: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Posted: 07-14-2006, 09:40 AM

Without getting into the often childish arguments - you may want to look at
preventing the issue rather than looking at future ways of getting a cure.

Monitor what you go on carefully, keep Windows up-to-date, a good AV (I
personally use F-PROT which I can't fault), a cheap hardware firewall is
recommened (in particular with SPI) and if you do go onto a number of sites
that contain nasties - or prehaps you share with your family / kids? -
considor using Firefox instead. (At least until IE7 is released)

Also, there's a number of great products for clean the muck left over such
as Lavasoft Adware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) - personal is free.
Also try SpyBot - Search and Destroy. Free and has a good imunize utility on
it.

I could go to a number of website right now that would destory my machine in
seconds if I wasn't using the above, (mainly SP2 that blocks the stuff now) -
but I can't say i've had anything malicious enter our network in the past 3
years or so now.

Cheers,


Steve.

"cfman" wrote:

> HI all,
>
> I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive
> permanently.
>
> Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
>
> Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C drive
> before I format C Drive.
>
> I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
> sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping reinstalling
> Windows...).
>
> I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
> data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So in the
> future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be left
> intact.
>
> However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*" tend to
> have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want these
> temporary parts(which are not my personal
> data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
> formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
>
> How can I do it efficiently and safely?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
>
>

Steve

Grumpy

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D d

Posted: 07-14-2006, 01:45 PM

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

>
>To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in
>an
>imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
>

Are these what they call 1:1 copy, image copy software?

There is lot of stuff on the internet about true 1:1 copy
software, very confusing, I guess all it does is copy what
ever is on the HDD say C drive, including any bugs, and
makes an image like an ISO which you can put back on to
the C drive HDD if need be?

Are these things simple to use, or tricky?



"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "cfman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...

> > HI all,
> >
> > I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive
> > permanently.
> >
> > Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
> >
> > Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C drive
> > before I format C Drive.
> >
> > I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
> > sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping reinstalling
> > Windows...).
> >
> > I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
> > data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So in

> the

> > future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be left
> > intact.
> >
> > However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*" tend to
> > have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want

> these

> > temporary parts(which are not my personal
> > data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
> > formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
> >
> > How can I do it efficiently and safely?
> >
> > Thanks a lot!
> >
> >
> >

>
> Simply right-click "My Documents" on the desktop, then specify
> a new location.
>
> To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in an
> imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
>
> Please take it easy with your cross-post. Such a simple question
> hardly justifies then many newsgroups you've posted it to.
>
>
>

Grumpy

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D d

Posted: 07-14-2006, 01:51 PM

They are imaging products. I have used the Acronis
products extensively - they are easy to use. Note that
you need a target drive - either a second partition on
your internal disk or an external USB disk. You might
even be able to write the image to a DVD - check the
documentation.


"Grumpy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> >
> >To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in
> >an
> >imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
> >

>
> Are these what they call 1:1 copy, image copy software?
>
> There is lot of stuff on the internet about true 1:1 copy
> software, very confusing, I guess all it does is copy what
> ever is on the HDD say C drive, including any bugs, and
> makes an image like an ISO which you can put back on to
> the C drive HDD if need be?
>
> Are these things simple to use, or tricky?
>
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>

> >
> > "cfman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...

> > > HI all,
> > >
> > > I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D

drive

> > > permanently.
> > >
> > > Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
> > >
> > > Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C

drive

> > > before I format C Drive.
> > >
> > > I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
> > > sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping

reinstalling

> > > Windows...).
> > >
> > > I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
> > > data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So

in

> > the

> > > future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be

left

> > > intact.
> > >
> > > However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*"

tend to

> > > have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want

> > these

> > > temporary parts(which are not my personal
> > > data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
> > > formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
> > >
> > > How can I do it efficiently and safely?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot!
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> > Simply right-click "My Documents" on the desktop, then specify
> > a new location.
> >
> > To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in an
> > imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
> >
> > Please take it easy with your cross-post. Such a simple question
> > hardly justifies then many newsgroups you've posted it to.
> >
> >
> >

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Grumpy

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D d

Posted: 07-14-2006, 02:51 PM

Thank you for your reply

They sound like a very useful application, I am reading up on Acronis now.


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> They are imaging products. I have used the Acronis
> products extensively - they are easy to use. Note that
> you need a target drive - either a second partition on
> your internal disk or an external USB disk. You might
> even be able to write the image to a DVD - check the
> documentation.
>
>
> "Grumpy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...

> > Pegasus (MVP) wrote:

> > >
> > >To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in
> > >an
> > >imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
> > >

> >
> > Are these what they call 1:1 copy, image copy software?
> >
> > There is lot of stuff on the internet about true 1:1 copy
> > software, very confusing, I guess all it does is copy what
> > ever is on the HDD say C drive, including any bugs, and
> > makes an image like an ISO which you can put back on to
> > the C drive HDD if need be?
> >
> > Are these things simple to use, or tricky?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
> >

> > >
> > > "cfman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > HI all,
> > > >
> > > > I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D

> drive

> > > > permanently.
> > > >
> > > > Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
> > > >
> > > > Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C

> drive

> > > > before I format C Drive.
> > > >
> > > > I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
> > > > sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping

> reinstalling

> > > > Windows...).
> > > >
> > > > I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
> > > > data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So

> in

> > > the
> > > > future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents will be

> left

> > > > intact.
> > > >
> > > > However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*"

> tend to

> > > > have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC. So I want
> > > these
> > > > temporary parts(which are not my personal
> > > > data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
> > > > formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
> > > >
> > > > How can I do it efficiently and safely?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks a lot!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Simply right-click "My Documents" on the desktop, then specify
> > > a new location.
> > >
> > > To avoid the pain of reloading Windows regularly, invest in an
> > > imaging product such as Acronis or Ghost.
> > >
> > > Please take it easy with your cross-post. Such a simple question
> > > hardly justifies then many newsgroups you've posted it to.
> > >
> > >
> > >

>
>
>

Grumpy

Kerry Brown

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Posted: 07-14-2006, 03:01 PM

I agree. The OP is trying to cure a symptom not the problem.

cfman -

Redirecting My Documents is only part of the solution. You also have to
redirect the email store and any programs that have custom folders for
storing data. To fix the real problem you have to either change your habits,
harden your computer, or better yet both. The problem is that you keep
getting malware. Solve this first.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca


Steve wrote:

> Without getting into the often childish arguments - you may want to
> look at preventing the issue rather than looking at future ways of
> getting a cure.
>
> Monitor what you go on carefully, keep Windows up-to-date, a good AV
> (I personally use F-PROT which I can't fault), a cheap hardware
> firewall is recommened (in particular with SPI) and if you do go onto
> a number of sites that contain nasties - or prehaps you share with
> your family / kids? - considor using Firefox instead. (At least until
> IE7 is released)
>
> Also, there's a number of great products for clean the muck left over
> such as Lavasoft Adware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) - personal is
> free.
> Also try SpyBot - Search and Destroy. Free and has a good imunize
> utility on it.
>
> I could go to a number of website right now that would destory my
> machine in seconds if I wasn't using the above, (mainly SP2 that
> blocks the stuff now) - but I can't say i've had anything malicious
> enter our network in the past 3 years or so now.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Steve.
>
> "cfman" wrote:
>

>> HI all,
>>
>> I want to relocate this Document & Settings folder from C drive to D
>> drive permanently.
>>
>> Some Adware hijacked my computer and I had to reinstall windows XP.
>>
>> Everytime I forgot to make copies of some of my documents on the C
>> drive before I format C Drive.
>>
>> I know I will need to reinstall Windows XP in the future(Windows
>> sucks. My years of using Windows is a long story of keeping
>> reinstalling Windows...).
>>
>> I don't want to make this mistake again. I want to relocate all
>> data/document/personal stuff to D drive, instead of the C drive. So
>> in the future, after I format C drive, my personal data/documents
>> will be left intact.
>>
>> However I've noticed that folders such as "LocalSettings/Temp/*.*"
>> tend to have virus/adware/spyware etc. if things go wrong on the PC.
>> So I want these temporary parts(which are not my personal
>> data/bookmarks/documents/emails/news, etc.) stay on C drive and get
>> formatted, but those personal data/documents go to D drive.
>>
>> How can I do it efficiently and safely?
>>
>> Thanks a lot!

Kerry Brown

cfman

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Posted: 07-14-2006, 04:52 PM

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Without getting into the often childish arguments - you may want to look
> at
> preventing the issue rather than looking at future ways of getting a cure.
>
> Monitor what you go on carefully, keep Windows up-to-date, a good AV (I
> personally use F-PROT which I can't fault), a cheap hardware firewall is
> recommened (in particular with SPI) and if you do go onto a number of
> sites
> that contain nasties - or prehaps you share with your family / kids? -
> considor using Firefox instead. (At least until IE7 is released)
>
> Also, there's a number of great products for clean the muck left over such
> as Lavasoft Adware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) - personal is free.
> Also try SpyBot - Search and Destroy. Free and has a good imunize utility
> on
> it.
>
> I could go to a number of website right now that would destory my machine
> in
> seconds if I wasn't using the above, (mainly SP2 that blocks the stuff
> now) -
> but I can't say i've had anything malicious enter our network in the past
> 3
> years or so now.
>
> Cheers,
>
>

I can show you for many malware, the famous Lavasoft Adware SE just failed
myserably. SypBot too. I've tried many. The final result was after wasting a
lot of time on these softwares, I still had to reformat and reinstall.

cfman

cfman

Guest
Posts: n/a

Re: how to relocate Document & Settings folder from C drive to D drive

Posted: 07-14-2006, 04:55 PM

"Kerry Brown" <[email protected]*a*m> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...

>I agree. The OP is trying to cure a symptom not the problem.
>
> cfman -
>
> Redirecting My Documents is only part of the solution. You also have to
> redirect the email store and any programs that have custom folders for
> storing data. To fix the real problem you have to either change your
> habits, harden your computer, or better yet both. The problem is that you
> keep getting malware. Solve this first.
>
> --
> Kerry
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> www.VistaHelp.ca
>

I deem it as a complimentary measure if Adware, AntiVirus, etc. fail.

I need not only relocating "My Documents", but also the whole "Documents &
Settings", except those "temp" folders. What shall I do? Please advise.

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Cannot move or rename the Documents and Settings folder

More details can be found in the following link:
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57f...
96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en

Moveuser.exe: Move User
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all...
f/en-us/Default.asp?url=/Resources/Documentation/windowsserv/2003/all/techr­e
f/en-us/moveuser.asp

Method 3: USMT
================
Use USMT - the user state migration tool. Note that this is for Windows
XP, so it won't help with NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. But it does point at the
direction of the future.
<<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/deployment/userstate/...
lt.asp>>

For more information on USMT,
<http://search.microsoft.com/default.asp?qu=usmt> and click "go" to search.

User State Migration in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/usermigr...
DAA

Windows User State Migration Tool (USMT) version 2.6
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4AF2D2C9-F16...
-A203-8DAF944DD555&displaylang=en>

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