Windows 10: c:\users\public\public documents\xxxxx

when running a .bat file with the following script, the copy fails. --- robocopy "c:\users\public\public documents\foldername" "e:\copyfolder" /mir /eta /r:1 /w:1 /log:c:\robolog\logfile.txt


However, when running the same script with 'public documents' changed to 'documents', the script runs ok.

--- robocopy "c:\users\public\documents\foldername" "e:\copyfolder" /mir /eta /r:1 /w:1 /log:c:\robolog\logfile.txt


why is 'public documents' a pseudoname?


I should note that after a change to the script, I have to always remember to save the .bat file as UTF-8, or the quotes in the script cause problems, too.


note that the --- characters used above are just for effect in this discussion & are not part of the operational script

:)

 

Windows 10, relocate Public\Documents

Matthew,

Thank you for your solution, which I implemented it in a slightly different way that did not involve safe mode. While logged in on an Administrator group account:

• copied the folders in the C:\Users\Public (on my SSD) to E:\Users\Public (on my hard disk), using File Explorer
• deleted the folders in C:\Users\Public, using File Explorer
• opened a command prompt using "Run as Administrator" and cd to C:\Users\Public
• for each folder in E:\Users\Public, run the mklink command to create soft links to the corresponding folders in E:. For example:
  
  C:\Users\Public>mklink /D Documents E:\Users\Public\Documents
  
  C:\Users\Public>mklink /D "Public Documents" E:\Users\Public\Documents
  
  (You may have a typo (C: instead of E in your mklink example)

I created two links because windows shows the folder names including the "Public", but the actual name does not. I am not sure which one I needed, and created the two links, just in case. The only exception is the folder Library, which Windows shows just
as "Library".

So far it seems to work. I briefly tested it by cd into the folders in C:\Users\Public both from the command prompt and File Explorer. In both cases I can see the files in the folder (at E, while windows shows the folder as if they were at C:, which seems
to be the way soft links work.

 

Access to public documents

Hi Diane, where are you sharing these public documents from - is it the actual Public Documents Folder in C:\Public\Public Documents?

When you receive an update, does it block access to that folder?

 

C:\Users\Public disappeared

So I made a local admin account, signed in, checked public folder sharing settings, and public folder is still hidden in C:\Users\Public... and it's still read only.