Windows 10: Need to move AppData folder from SSD onto other Hard Disk

It's been about a year since i built my rig, and since i decided i had more experience working with everything, and keeping it clean, I've decided to hit the good old reset computer button in windows settings, just for a clean slate. I've not yet installed any programs, just to avoid personal confusion, so every file on the system should be stock.

Onto the issue:
I'm wanting to move anything and everything applications can install to, the Program Files folders should be a great start, but since i can change something like that when i install a program anyways, i'm not worrying yet. What I worry about most is AppData, which was the bulk of what took up my C drive on my last install. I've made a symbolic link, but im not convinced it's working, as if the data there is still stored on the C drive, and my other drive is just a shortcut to it. I read elsewhere that you could simply go into properties and change the location, much like other user files (desktop, downloads, pictures, documents, etc), but I cannot seem to find this setting. What's the best course of action here?

Windows 10 Professional X64 Version 2004 Build 19041.329

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Moving the 'My Documents' folder (and others) to a different hard disk

Precisely! You can even do it in Word or Notepad.

Thanks, Denis.

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Moving the 'My Documents' folder (and others) to a different hard disk

Art,

I think he is suggesting keeping a list of non-standard aspects of your setup so that you can 'quickly' whizz through the list if you ever have to set it all up from scratch again.

I do the same. My setup procedure is in a spreadsheet with one major topic for each sheet.




Denis

 

Moving the 'My Documents' folder (and others) to a different hard disk

This is the sort of thing that I always do. It is so much easier if you have to go back to it after several months because it triggers your memory and it all comes flooding back to you!
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