Windows 10: Windows 10 is not letting me move user account folders from one drive to the other without...

I'm simply trying to move the user account folders like Downloads and Documents into my larger hard drive the D: Drive instead. Why is this so complicated? Okay, I change the location simple enough. Why is the computer forcing me into redirection by combining the folders if they do transfer?? The message "If you proceed with redirection, you will not be able to separate them or restore default location" comes up. If I click "no," then it doesn't continue with the transfer.


I already tried to move my Downloads user account folder, but now it's just messed up too. Why is it so hard to simply move all of my user account folders from the C: Drive to the D: Drive??



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Move Users folder to another drive

Hi Gymboss,

It can have some really adverse consequences to move the User Account folder to another drive. Instead, you can just move your active User folders from your User account to the other drive.

If you need assistance with changing the default location of a user profile in Windows 10, let us know.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

 

Move Users folder to another drive

Yes I need assistance.

 

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