Re: I want to move the Documents and Setting folder
- From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:32:48 -0500
How to Move Shell Folders (and contents)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_shell_folders.htm
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"dgc49" wrote:
| First of all, the reason I want to move this folder is for security reasons.
| I have been using Windows XP Home Edtion (first experience with Winnt OS) for
| 2 years on a Gateway 500plus computer. I usually use Drive Image to back up
| my system but with all the programs and data that I have (about 50 GB's) I am
| finding it very time consuming to do a daly back up of my data. This is
| because I have to back up everything each time. A couple of times that I got
| lazy and didn't do a daily back up cost me several weeks to months of data
| lose and when I went back to the latest Drive Image I had I ended up loosing
| all my current settings as well.
|
| I am currently reinstalling my Windows XP and will upgrade to SP2. I want to
| put my Documents and Setting on a different volumn/partition thus allowing me
| to back up my data files daily with out all the programs. Then I only need to
| back the OS when I change something or add a new program. I have tried the
| Unattend function as spelled out in the follow Microsoft Help and Support
| documents:
|
| Article ID : 314843
| Last Review : December 22, 2004
| Revision : 1.2
|
| and
|
| Article ID : 236621
| Last Review : September 29, 2004
| Revision : 4.1
|
| I tried running the winnt.exe and winnt32.exe programs after doing a fresh
| install of Windows XP Home Edition SP1. I get the error message of SYNTAX
| ERROR ON LINE 2 with winnt.exe and just get the help menu with winnt32.exe. I
| don't know how (if there is a way to do this) to run the unattend functionn
| during the original installation (which I will do again if I have to if some
| one will tell me how). The documents that I have listed don't give very much
| detail on any of this and the error message doesn't give me a clue as to what
| is wrong with the syntax. I have triple checked the spelling on the line and
| I can't see what is causing the error other than I think that the command
| "ProfilesDir" may not be valid. The article at Article ID : 155197
| Last Review : October 30, 2003
| Revision : 1.0
| does not indicate that this is a valid command.
| The long method of moving the Documents and Settings folder appears to be an
| incomplete movement of Documents and Settings and appears to be very time
| consumming.
|
| Don C.
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