There are a few features of windows that have remained the same over decades and the location of user folders is one of them. Edge doesnt provide any way to change the downloads folder in its. Repair missing user folders in windows 7 scotties tech. Warning before you attempt to make any change in the registry make sure. In prevista osxp, server 2003, this folder is called my documents. Clear the hide protected operating system files check box, click yes to confirm, and then click ok. The next time you save a file to the downloads folder, windows will use the new location that you set. How to change the default location of user files in windows 10. By default, windows 7 will show libraries in the lefthand pane, which are more like virtual folders that contain the contents of multiple folders. How to move user folders to different location on windows 10. Dec 20, 2011 hello, i usually set up gps with folder redirection to sync files and folders but i just inherited a server that has user s profile stored on \\oldserver and i need to move it to \ ewserver without interrupting any users. By changing the default location of the user profile directories or program data folders to a volume other than the system volume, you cannot service your windows installation. Feb 28, 2020 file organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this guide, well show you how on windows 10. Microsoft introduced windows easy transfer with windows vista and supported it in windows 7, 8, and 8.
The procedure below is pretty much the same for windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, windows vista, etc, etc. How to easily move users folder to another drive windows 10. Here at geek central, were in the business of making things as easy as possible. Heres how to change the default location of user files in windows 10 quite a few computers nowadays are coming with two drives, a solid state drive ssd and a hard disk drive hdd. On windows 10, each account has a set of default folders that allow users to save and organize their files, including documents, pictures, downloads, and other data on the device. On many of my installations of windows, particularly windows 7 and windows 8, i want to move my default user folder location to another partition. Jun 26, 2014 on many of my installations of windows, particularly windows 7 and windows 8, i want to move my default user folder location to another partition. How to move program files to another drive on windows 1087. During the copying process, there are some temporary files that are locked and would not copy. If you open the registry editor and search for keys and values with that. Registry script to change downloads folder location in edge browser in windows 10. But if your os disk has not enough free space, then is better to change the default location of your personal folders user files to another drive, in case that. Theres a registry hack for windows that will let you add a copy to folder or move to folder to the rightclick menu, which can be very useful when you want to move a file but dont have the other folder open already. Move the entire user profiles to another drive in windows 10.
It contains all the shortcuts, account settings, user folder, and other related information. These solutions apply to changing user folder location in windows 7 as well. In windows 7, youll have to manually navigate to the user folder directory by going to c. How to change personal folders location using registry. Dont move your windows user profiles folder to another. This microsoft windows registry hack adds copy to and move to.
How to allow or prevent users to move their user folders to a new location information this tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent all or specific users from being able to change the location of their user folders in vista, windows 7, and windows 8. To fix this you have to relocate the folders to its default location. Move users folder to another location in windows 10. How to get windows 7s old folder icons in windows 10. Use this setting to move the user profile folder typically. Move location of documents folder in windows 10 tutorials. Describes information about the relocation of the users directory and. Type regedit and hit enter to launch the registry editor. How to easily move users folder to another drive windows. Note security features in windows nt, windows 2000, windows xp, windows server 2003, and windows vista let an administrator control access to registry keys. Move the entire user profiles to another drive in windows 10, 8 and 7 december 30th, 2015 by admin leave a reply there are times when moving windows user profiles off the default location is necessary, especially if there is no enough space on the system partition. Jun 21, 2016 there is a hack to change to the windows 7 folder icon and one to go back to the default windows 10 folder icon. You can change where files in this documents folder are stored to another place on the hard drive, another drive, or another computer on the network. Folder redirection does not allow you to redirect folders other than windows folder and i want to redirect other folders to e.
How to change user profile location in windows 8 without. A clicktap on the download button below to download the file below, and go to step 3 below. In the end i opted for udanskmans suggestion and used the system storage settings. If you click yes, all files in the default downloads folder will be moved to the new location. Move users directory using regedit windows forum spiceworks. By default, the my documents folder is a folder in the user s profile that is used as a default storage location for saved documents. You can also change the libraries locations, which i will explain below later. Move the users directory in windows 7 lifehacker australia. Go into registry and delete the user profiles subfolder under hklm\software\microsoft\ windows nt\currentversion\profilelist on the right side of registry editor under the data column itll show the user s name. How to change edge browsers download folder laptop mag. User profile is created by the system when a user logs into a particular computer for the very.
Add copy to move to on windows 7 or vista rightclick menu. Windows 10 tip change downloads folder location in. Since the home folder contains all the user specific folders like pictures, documents, downloads, etc. You can change where files in this videos folder are stored to another place on the hard drive, another drive, or another computer on the network. How to change user profile location in windows 8 without registry hack. If youre a windows power user, you probably have a collection of favorite tweaks to make the os run faster and work better. Rightclick the personal folder you want to redirect to another location.
How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents to. Dont move your windows user profiles folder to another drive. May 14, 2015 for redirecting personal system folders, windows 7 has a builtin procedure. Modify the registry value of profilesdirectory under. In windows 7, i moved all existing user account profile folder from the default locationc. Moving the users folder to another drive after a win 10 rebuild help resolved i bit the bullet today and went for a reformat and total rebuild of my systems 2tb main system drive. Move program files to another drive on the same disk. All user accounts are created under the users folder on the partition the operating system is installed on, usually c.
If you reinstall windows 10, your custom downloads folder stored on a different drive wont disappear with all your data if you accidentally format your system partition. Reader roobs wrote in detailing how he moved his windows 7 users directory without nasty registry hacks. As time goes on, you may install a large amount of game software or other software on your computer. How to change downloads folder location in windows 7. Where a user folders located in registry windows 7 help. How to change user profile default location in windows 7. Steps to change downloads folder location in windows 7.
In the case that your personal files exceeds main disks limits and you have an additional drive or partition on your system with enough free space, then you can move your files from your main disk into the additional drive by using the move feature, but if you have problems when using the move feature, then you can use windows registry to set a different location for your personal folders. After purchasing a couple of ssds for my laptops, i decided to install windows 8 on them, and decided to use more sophisticated and elegant method of moving users folder to d. Windows 7 forums is the largest help and support community, providing friendly help and advice for microsoft windows 7 computers such as dell, hp, acer, asus or a custom build. How to migrate a windows user to different windows 10 pc. Jan 28, 2009 here at geek central, were in the business of making things as easy as possible. For example, a user named avram would have a default download. Moving user profiles to a nonstandard location causes problems with the installation and operation of many.
Change my documents default location from command line using. User profile is created by the system when a user logs into a particular computer for the very first time and more of them can be added. By default the registry script will set downloads folder location to e. A windows user profile is the main folder in the system storing user account. Open the start menu and click your user name to open the user folder. How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents. How to change default save location move user folders on windows 10, 8, 7 and vista. So to permanently move this folder to some other location or other drive we can change the location easily and all the old files will get moved to the new location and the new downloads will automatically be downloaded at the new location. For redirecting personal system folders, windows 7 has a builtin procedure. How to move downloads folder from ssd to hdd automatically duration. Here, the guide shows you a simpler way to transfer user account from one computer to another straightforwardly. In vista, windows 7 and server 2008 its renamed as documents folder. We can change the target location of my documents folder by editing the registry key.
After you move the users folder to any nondefault location, you will not able to upgrade windows 10 to the next build. Apr 16, 2018 the my documents folder is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. Move the entire user profiles to another drive in windows. File organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this guide, well show you how on windows 10. A new users folder is created when new data objects are created. Select properties click the tab location the dialog box shown below will open. Change personal folders location by using registry windows 8. Fix a corrupted user profile in windows windows help. How to move user folders to different location on windows. At the right pane rightclick at the personal folder that you want to change its default location and. How to move your documents folder location in windows 10 by default, windows stores your personal documents folder in your accounts %userprofile% folder ex. On a standard windows installation, all the personal files for every user, are stored at c. If you click no, the files will not be moved and only the location of the downloads folder will be changed.
However it is created, it can thereafter be changed in the registry. Moving the users folder to another drive after a win 10. How to how to move a user profile to another drive or. Because the locations of system folders are listed in the windows registry. Apr 17, 2010 but that is not the easiest option as windows 7 offers an even better solution to moving the my folders to another location. The default location of user profile in windows 7 is still the same as vista, in c. If you ever want to, heres follow the below steps to rename user profile folder in windows 10. How could i change my user folder default location from c. Dec 19, 2018 this page shares a super easy windows 10 transfer software to move users folder to another drive in windows 10. Its called easeus todo pctrans that facilitates the transfer of system, personal files, users folders and applications from one hard drive to another, from windows 7 to windows 10, from hdd to ssd and so on. You can also relocate your user folders by editing the registry if you have made mistakes using. Advertisement first, create a restore point theyre better in windows. Open windows explorer and navigate to the folder of the user whose my documents folder you want to move to another location, e. How to change user profile default location in windows 7 next of.
It will again ask if you want to move files or not. I looked for backyp of sam, secutiry, software, system or default, but only place i have found them is in windows \system32\config. Adding copy to and move to functionality to the windows explorer rightclick menu starts with the finding the key in the windows registry file. Remove the windows group policy objects for these folders before you enable the onedrive group policy objects. Click the view tab, and then click show hidden files, folders, and drives. However, since i dont like to sign up a new account in win 10 forum.
Please select, right and copy a registry key from below, then right click on command prompt window, select paste and press enter to disable folder options. To most easily move all user files and user program files off your boot drive an ssd. Users in both the windows explorer and in the registry. How do i add copy to and move to to windows explorer with. There are two channels you can try to move users folder in windows 10 with easeus todo pctrans, including direct transfer from pc to pc or creatingrecovering an image file. To most easily move all user files and user program files off your boot drive an ssd in my case, follow these instructions. Relocation of the users directory and the programdata.
Change personal folders location by using registry windows 8, 7. Lets see how we can change the downloads folder location in windows 7. If you dont regularly purge the downloads folder of files you do not need, it can grow to a substantial size. Moving user profile folders in windows 10 steve kennedy. Rightclick on the users folder and copy the entire folder to the new location e. When you want to move user profile to another drive in windows 10, you can resort to the two solutions mentioned above. Default locations for the user folders in windows 7. The default location of a user profile in windows 7 and later os can be found in c. To switch to the windows 7 folder icon, doubleclick the change to the windows 7 folder icon. Hey i need this urgent, in the registry editor, where does it store the keys for where a users folder location is so say your music is is d. Oct 19, 20 dont move your windows user profiles folder to another drive.
In that case, make sure there is a folder downloads. Here is the full set of articles on how to move your user folders. How to copy existing user profile to a new user profile in. I purchased a 32g ssd which i am going to install windows 764 on. There is no need to change anything else, nor to move existing files, which. In windows millennium edition, the registry files are named classes. Change personal folders location by using registry. Its not windows itself that downloads files, but rather, its applications like.
When you click apply, windows will ask you if you want to move all files in the current downloads folder to the new one. Mar 18, 2020 the onedrive known folder move group policy objects wont work if you previously used windows folder redirection group policy objects to redirect the documents, pictures, or desktop folders to a location other than onedrive. Steps to upgrade windows 10 to the next build when users folder is relocated. How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents to another drive. If youve tried moving the windows users directory to a location. Instead i moved folders with data such as documents to d. The special folders are located in the user folder, e. In general this is a policy that works well in situations where the windows doesnt have to look for the files in those folder on another partition or disk. Mar 22, 2012 also in most cases this drive is of less size. User folders allow or prevent moving location windows 7.
The reason to change the default location of user profiles is that if something were to happen to the installation location, the data that matters most is preserved elsewhere. How to move your videos folder location in windows 10 by default, windows stores your personal videos folder in your accounts %userprofile% folder ex. The downloads folder for any and all users on windows resides in the c drive. Caution using the programdata setting to redirect folders to a drive other than the system volume will block your ability to upgrade to future versions of windows. Enabledisable folder options in windows 7 from gpedit. By default, the name of the user profile folder is the same as the username. May 04, 2018 whenever you create a new user, or just use the one that comes with your windows you will see a new folder with the users name.
Download following zip file, extract it and youll get 2. It was a great free option to bring your settings and local user profiles from an old computer to a new computer. Skip to the part where it says pre existing install. Some users want to move program files to another drive on windows 108 7. I do get multiple locations in the explorer window though and pinning quick access items and library maintenance is a trifle nonintuitive, buy hey, the machine is working and storing things where i want them so mostly all is right with the world. If youve tried moving the windows users directory to a location other than the default, you know it can be quite an undertaking. Sep 14, 2006 for some reason, microsoft decided not to activate the copy to and move to menu items in windows xp explorer as they did for send to. Reader roobs wrote in detailing how he moved his windows. Let us take a look at where those folders are located by default in the windows 7 operating system. Personal folders documents, downloads, favorites, music, videos, pictures, etc. But if you have a second drive inside your computer you can easily move your user folders to it.
Feb 10, 2010 move the users directory in windows 7. How do i change the user profile location in windows 10. How to change the default downloads folder path in windows. Mar 23, 2017 click it and windows will return the downloads folder to the default location. How to modify the desktop folders location from the. Windows 10 you dont have permission to save in this location office readonly issue word excel duration. How can i move the my documents and my pictures folders. Move location of videos folder in windows 10 tutorials. Redirect and move windows known folders to onedrive. You can change where the my documents and my pictures shortcuts point to by.
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