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SeoNk2017-05-27 17:09:31
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SeoNk, 2017-05-27 17:09:31

How to organize Documents and Settings on a separate drive?

There is a computer with HDD 500 Gb.
I bought a 128 GB SDD for it.
I want to install Windows 10 on this computer in such a way that the OS and all programs are installed on the SDD, and all personal files and settings are stored on the HDD.
It is imperative that everything that is on the desktop is stored on the HDD!

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Evgeny Svirsky, 2018-09-02
@ark_yt

The controller was not found, therefore the function cannot be found.
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res2001, 2017-05-28
@SeoNk

I already wrote an answer to a similar question, but I couldn't find it for some reason.
Windows stores profile settings in the registry here:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
The structure of this section is as follows:
1.In the ProfilesDirectory parameter, the general setting for the folder where profiles will be stored
2.In subsections (subsection names consist of user SIDs) are descriptions of the profile of each particular user. Which user the profile belongs to can be found out either by SID (if the user's SID is known), or indirectly by the ProfileImagePath parameter in the subsection, where the path to the user profile is recorded directly.
And now about the transfer:
1.Changing the ProfilesDirectory to a different directory will only affect newly created profiles.
2. I do not recommend dragging an existing profile, because in the profile, the old paths for third-party programs may already be fixed somewhere.
From all of the above, the following profile transfer algorithm follows:
1. Create a new Users folder (or Documents and Settings or whatever) in the right place, assign the same rights to it as on the original Users folder, up to the owner and inheritance.
2.Change the ProfilesDirectory values ​​- specify the path to the new folder there.
3.Delete the user subsection in the ProfileList (the user whose profile you want to transfer).
4.Reboot and log in with this user. After loading, Windows will create a new profile in a new location.
5. Transfer all data from the old profile to the new one. Wallpaper and other Windows settings will have to be done for the new.
This method has been working since Windows 2000, only the names of standard folders with profiles change. Tested on hundreds of Windows installations over several years.
In OS starting with Windows Vista, I do not recommend transferring profiles or parts of profiles in other ways, because in these operating systems, the profile is full of links, when transferring links, they usually die and some functionality of the OS may fall off. When creating a profile in my way, Windows itself creates a new profile and all links will be correct.
Windows has system profiles like Default, All users, Local System, etc. In Windows XP, they could be transferred in a similar way to a new location, but with Windows Vista this stopped working, so do not touch these profiles, let them remain in their place. Do not transfer the c:\ProgramData directory either (in fact, this is the profile for All users).

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Alexander, 2017-05-27
@NeiroNx

1. as described here www.outsidethebox.ms/17670
2. create links in the file system (not to be confused with shortcuts)

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nfire, 2017-05-27
@nfire

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