Windows 10: How do I relocate user folder to C drive?

Discus and support How do I relocate user folder to C drive? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi,Several times I have tried to upgrade my pc to the newest windows 10 version without success. After searching on the internet what the problem might... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by SamuelVo, May 24, 2021.

  1. SamuelVo Win User

    How do I relocate user folder to C drive?


    Hi,Several times I have tried to upgrade my pc to the newest windows 10 version without success. After searching on the internet what the problem might be, I found that the problem occurs because my user profile folder is located in my D drive Windows 10 Update Fails with error 0x8007001F - 0x3000D - Microsoft Community. How do I safely relocate

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    SamuelVo, May 24, 2021
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  2. Relocate user folders

    Running Windows 10. I have 4 users using this desktop. I would like to relocate the user document folders to another drive. I've tried to put a folder named J:\Users\Steve to an external drive but it comes up J:\Documents. I would like 4 folders named
    J:\Users\Steve, J:\User\Jane, J:\Users\Dale and J:\Users\Joe. How can this be accomplished. Thanks for any suggestions.
     
    Pappacracker, May 24, 2021
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  3. Folder security after relocating user folders

    Hello,

    I have a C-drive (system) and a D-drive (data).

    After I install Windows 10, I move user folders to my D-drive by relocating the Documents, Pictures, Videos etc. folders within Properties|Location. This seems to be an official function within Windows.

    However, by using this Windows feature the security is inherited from the D-drive, so the security is wrong after the folder move. This results in all users receiving access to all folders.

    Questions:

    • is there an official Windows feature for moving the complete User-folder to the D-drive with a single action (instead of moving all subfolders?
    • Is there a way to keep the original security settings for the User-folders instead of inheriting them from the D-drive?

    Thanks in advance,

    SJW

    [Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Security & privacy]
     
    Sjoerd-Jaap Westra, May 24, 2021
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  4. Kari Win User

    How do I relocate user folder to C drive?

    Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  


    If not the best way to do that but at least the way I recommend:

    • "Empty" your user profile folders as much as you can, copying documents, pics, videos, music and all other personal data from all user profiles to external HDD. As following steps require you to relocate Users folder two times, the less data is left in user profile folders, the faster the relocation process. Important: Leave system folder AppData for each profile intact, do not empty / move its content!
    • Reverse the relocating, doing exactly as told in tutorial Method Two but this time relocating Users folder back to C: drive
    • Shut down the PC, replace the disk where you had Users relocated
    • Mount the new disk, boot to Windows, assign new disk the same drive ID letter than the old one had
    • Again, do as told in Method Two, now relocating Users to new disk
    • Restore the backed up personal user data from external drive to respective folders under each user profile
     
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