Windows 10: Error when changing location of user folder

Discus and support Error when changing location of user folder in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; So i tried changing the OneDrive Pictures folder to the pictures folder on my on site network drive, and it brought this error msg up: [ATTACH] How... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by EvanRaby, May 25, 2020.

  1. EvanRaby Win User

    Error when changing location of user folder


    So i tried changing the OneDrive Pictures folder to the pictures folder on my on site network drive, and it brought this error msg up:

    Error when changing location of user folder 84bdde72-6968-4006-bc47-32f225b9e591?upload=true.png

    How would one make it successfully make the pictures folder on the onsite network drive?

    :)
     
    EvanRaby, May 25, 2020
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  2. Nicrite Win User

    Vista Ultimate - 'User' Folder Location

    No tried that.

    Can copy the entire folder to D; but Windows still points to C as the location. Can change personal folders location to a folder on D;, but this still leaves hidden files etc on C;. Thus meaning there are 2 Users folders. Have managed to change the Public folder location to D;, with some registry tweaks, but this doesnt seem to work for the entire folder.

    any more suggestions
     
    Nicrite, May 25, 2020
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  3. Risto Win User
    W10 Storage settings and user folder structure. How to change location

    Hi,
    I just build up a new pc and changed from W7 to new era of W10 *Smile Was not that easy and pleasant experience as I thought.
    I have huge storage capability with this new pc but since I'm using very fast Intel 512Gb 600p M.2 SSD as C drive, I also want to make sure that all of my self created data will be stored to another disk, let's call it D.
    After extensive research, I found out that there are so many different guides how to change user folder locations for the following user folders (music, downloads, documents,pictures and videos) as well for changing the Windows 10 storage settings. All those guides are a bit confusing to me since I'm not ICT pro...

    I already know that one can change the individual user folders (mentioned above) by just changing its location from folder preferencies. Here is a pic where we can see that I have already changed the location for the following user folders; pictures, downloads, music, document, favourites, and saved games). User folders Search, links, onedrive, desktop and contacts are still in C drive.


    Error when changing location of user folder [​IMG]

    I have not yet made any changes to W10 Storage settings as they remain default (C drive). If I have understood right by changing the storage settings in Windows it would lead to situation that W0 creates another library but user folders would still remain on C disk as default. This would lead to situation that user would have multiple storage locations. Am I correct?
    From the picture 1, we can already see one of the problems as Adobe Creative Cloud has already created its own folder to user folder in C location. This is exactly what I want to avoid. If I would go ahead and now install all the adobe media creation softwares, like Premiere Pro CC, it would also create some additional folders under user folder, useally under Documents. Adobe creates render and preview files that can be huge in terms of space. So I quess my question is that would I be able to avoid that by making changes to W10 Storage settings (pic2)?

    Error when changing location of user folder [​IMG]

    The third solution would be the one that Kari has presented in this forum but that seems to be very technical and there is also a lots of debate if that should be used or not. For non-professional PC user, it is very hard to choose what to believe and what not. Which advice or guide is correct and what is not. Users Folder - Move Location in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums[1]=User%20Accounts
    This tutorial by Kari includes very technical skills and I'm not sure if I'm up to it *Huh

    This is what one another tutorials stated: "Although, this is a good option to help you save space in your local storage, it can get a little confusing for some users. Using this new feature will not change the location for the folders listed under "This PC" in the File Explorer. Many users can end up saving and moving files in two different locations without knowing.". This tutorial can be found here: How to manage file storage more efficiently in Windows 10 | Windows Central

    Could someone kindly advice step-by-step in layman terms, how should I proceed and change my W10 in a way that also future programs that use NON-HIDDEN user folders to save data, would be stored to another drive, instead of C.
    (I don't mind if some code is written to hidden appdata etc folders under user folder. Those are not useally large files...)

    Any clear, step-by-step advice would be greatly appriated.

    Hyvää Itsenäisyyspäivää Kari!

    Best regards,
     
    Risto, May 25, 2020
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  4. Error when changing location of user folder

    Changed Video Personal Folder to User Folder Location cannot move back

    Sorry I am not sure how this helps?

    The problem I have is outlined in the article above: Assume that you changed the location of a personal folder in Windows, such as Documents or Downloads, and mapped the folder to another personal folder. When you try
    to change the location of the folder again, the operation fails.

    Only with the difference that I did not use a personal folder but the parent folder (the user profile folder). Updating the registry like suggested in the article did not fix the issue the Video personal folder is still
    mapped with the user profile folder.
     
    MichaelBrunner, May 25, 2020
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