Windows 10: does anything happen if i delete C:\Users\Public\Documents

so i wanted ot free some space up so i can get destiny 2,and C:\Users\Public\Documents is 14 gigs,i wanted to know what can i delete and what i can not delete

:)

 

c:\users\public\public documents\xxxxx

robocopy "c:\users\public\public documents\foldername"

robocopy "c:\users\public\documents\foldername"

In your report you left out some essential details, e.g.

• Does the folder c:\users\public\public documents exist?
• Is it a physical folder or a symbolic link?
• What is the error message generated by robocopy?

 

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.