Windows 10: How do I change the location of a user's directory (C:\Users\User)?

Hello!

Version 20H2 (19042.867)

I would like to change the directory of a user's directory
(%HOMEPATH%) or C:\Users\User

I know that I can change the directories of Documents, Music, Videos, etc. but I want to change the whole User Directory and move it to a different drive.

The reason is that I'm using a lot of computers and sometimes I want to just have specific files & folders for all computers.

I know that there are other solutions available, such us making scripts with bat, sh (linux), py (python), js (node.js) but I would prefer if it is possible just to change the homepath.

:)

 

Moving the location of the default Users directory.

My PC was delivered with the default Users root directory at C:\Users . Unfortunately, the C:| drive is actually a relatively small and fast SSD. I have two decently-sized hard drives on the E:\ and I:\ locations, and I want to move all user data to these
by default. How do I change the default location of Users?

 

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

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!