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Do you have an SSD drive and struggle with storage capacity from all the documents and media files you own?
Well this tutorial will solve that!!
This can all be done via two registry tweaks that will relocate the default location for new users in Windows onto a different drive or partition. Once you've logged into the new account successfully, you can then copy the files and folders from your old user's profile to the new one.
HDD's are very cheap nowadays and storage capacity is a lot larger than that of SSD's so it makes sense for us to use a SSD to boot into Windows and load programs off, and keep our personal files on a separate drive without the need to create shortcuts and browse through long paths for files and folders.
For those who are getting problems and being locked out of your account I will advise to enable the built-in Administrator account, logging into at least once so that the profile resides on the C:\ (%SystemDrive%) and then do the registry tweak(s). If you lock yourself out you will still have the built-in admin account to gain access to everything.
From your currently logged-in Administrator account open up Command Prompt with elevated privileges. You can do this by pressing the Start+R to bring the run window up, typing `cmd` and then pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER together at the same time.
To enable the built-in admin account type the following command:
net user Administrator /active:yes
Then set a password by using the following command:
net user Administrator *
Login into the account so that profile can be setup on the C:\ drive. Then make the registry tweaks at `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList` changing `ProfilesDirectory` and `Public` registry keys to contain the drive letter of the other drive or partition.
For those who are saying you can't move the whole profile over, I will tell you now it's impossible to do without causing issues. That's because the hidden files and folders such as AppData can't be moved/copied. If you copy these over to the new profile it will simply break! However, your actual documents in the standard folders such as `Downloads`, `Documents`, `Pictures`, `Music` etc can be copied/move over.
If you open File Explorer, go to the `View` tab and on the right side click on the`Options` button, click on the `View` tab and uncheck `Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)` and check `Show hidden files, folders and drives`. Any files such as NTSUER.dat or the AppData folder need to be skipped.
Note of warning, you will lose configuration settings to apps/software/games as these are contained in the AppData folder. My suggestion is to either find the exact files that store the settings for that specified program and copy over to your new profile in hope it doesn't break, export the settings and re-import them, or failing that make a note of them and/or take screenshots and set it back up.

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@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

For those who are getting problems and being locked out of your account I will advise to enable the built-in Administrator account, logging into at least once so that the profile resides on the C:\ (%SystemDrive%) and then do the registry tweak(s). If you lock yourself out you will still have the built-in admin account to gain access to everything. From your currently logged-in Administrator account open up Command Prompt with elevated privileges. You can do this by pressing the Start+R to bring the run window up, typing `cmd` and then pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER together at the same time. To enable the built-in admin account type the following command: net user Administrator /active:yes Then set a password by using the following command: net user Administrator * Login into the account so that profile can be setup on the C:\ drive. Then make the registry tweaks at `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList` changing `ProfilesDirectory` and `Public` registry keys to contain the drive letter of the other drive or partition. For those who are saying you can't move the whole profile over, I will tell you now it's impossible to do without causing issues. That's because the hidden files and folders such as AppData can't be moved/copied. If you copy these over to the new profile it will simply break! However, your actual documents in the standard folders such as `Downloads`, `Documents`, `Pictures`, `Music` etc can be copied/move over. If you open File Explorer, go to the `View` tab and on the right side click on the`Options` button, click on the `View` tab and uncheck `Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)` and check `Show hidden files, folders and drives`. Any files such as NTSUER.dat or the AppData folder need to be skipped. Note of warning, you will lose configuration settings to apps/software/games as these are contained in the AppData folder. My suggestion is to either find the exact files that store the settings for that specified program and copy over to your new profile in hope it doesn't break, export the settings and re-import them, or failing that make a note of them and/or take screenshots and set it back up.

@charlesjiang5243 4 года назад

Thank you so much for the update! Unfortunately it was a little too late for me as I had to reinstall windows, fortunately all my files were backed up so it wasnt too detrimental. Perhaps you could also add a note about backing up registry files/system before proceeding.

@hudifaabu9864 3 года назад

Now do something to the people to help them login again make other video what the hell

@karthikk9812 5 месяцев назад

😊😊

@ayyubalzahem9016 3 месяца назад

It’s 2024 and this tutorial works perfectly with windows 11. Thank you for your clear and direct tutorial.

@vladimirpopa_ 7 лет назад

Exactly what I was looking for. As soon as the PC arrives and I install Windows on the SSD, I'll give it a go and pass it to the HDD :) Cheers!

@MonoChorMe 4 года назад

AAHHHH! :O hehehe :D thats exactly what Im too planning to do hehe --- hence, ive searched for this video :)

@davidlmh 3 года назад

This is one of the few videos that truly moves the folders, thanks!

@CarlosDaMora 6 лет назад

I tried to do it and it worked perfectly, BUT this may cause some problems installing some software (my case, AutoCAD), to solve it, it is necessary to change some other registry entries: use Crt+F to find all "Shell Folders" directories and change ALL data beginning with "C:\users\public\" to "D:\users\public\" . This will prevent future problems.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

Could you explain what happens to AutoCAD when you follow this guide? I'm currently testing a new method that should keep the current user account and move it over to a new drive. However, I've downloaded a demo of AutoCAD and want to see if the problem goes away.

@martingbekle6695 2 года назад

Help when I try to login in to user 1 it said The User Profile Service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded.

@rushmakhatrisubedi207 Год назад

Any luck with a fix to this? if you get the "the user profile service failed the sign-in. user profile cannot be loaded." error and cannot log back in through any profile?

@endi890 16 дней назад

did u find a fix for this

@vinrocks4373 4 года назад

exactly what I was looking for, thanks man!

@o_o-037 3 года назад

I just got a new laptop, and I can't swap my current 512gb m.2 for my 2tb m.2 otherwise the PC won't boot up. So 2tb one has to take up a different slot. You just helped me change my default download location.

@messiatemycheese 3 года назад

Well this video locked me out of my windows installation and switched my C and D drive around. Couldn’t have gone worse 0/10 experience.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

I'm getting this video done this week. What's taking so long is I'm using SysPrep and the CopyProfile function to slim down the Windows build so that there is no bloatware and annoyances for you all. However, the function that's supposed to this is broken, not recommended by Microsoft anymore, and I've come across so many hiccups, leaving it in place would unfair for everyone watching the video to have to deal with them too. To cut a long story short I'm modifying the registry and then making a script which will do this automatically for everyone, if you choose to use the script(s). Else otherwise the new method with SysPrep I will be showcasing soon works amazing on clean builds. Stay tuned Sonic

@ardwych4881 6 лет назад

Surge, This really needs a revision. I'd advise taking it down and fixing the title, twice. You call this 'How to How to [sic] Move A User Profile ...' - but this incorporates the New Revised Method of teleportation, not the traditional Star Trek method: you're duplicating, creating a new user and destroying the old. The traditional (Star Trek) method of teleportation is to MOVE. The trouble with your method is that you can't use the existing username (since it already exists) and so you must create a new username. You can't then easily rename the new username to the old one because it just changes appearances, retaining the folder names of the new username underneath (fiddle with those folder names and you'll be set upon by dragons). A tacky setup then. How about re-titling this video to something like 'How To Set Up And Copy An Old User Profile To A New Disk'? That'd be closer to the truth, and save a lot of people seven and a half minutes.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

I'm planning on doing this video this week. Enabling the build in Administrator account is the workaround, but enabling it on the system drive. You'll understand it when I demonstrate it.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

When you move your documents from the old location to new one, don't CTRL+A (select all) your entire Users folder as you will copy hidden files and folders that are for your old user profile, and this will corrupt the new profile if you replace with different ones. The best thing to do is to CTRL+click each folder and then cut and paste to new location. That way you are selective copying.

@bombor19 2 года назад

My computer is now broken

@GamePlays_1230 Месяц назад

I made the same mistake but I was able to restore it by going into safe boot through recovery system

@joshignacio3332 3 года назад

Youre a life saver. I just did it rn. Thanks a lot!

@theprinceofgaming6158 4 года назад

Thanks man, very helpful

@hajokerkhof 3 года назад

Great video! It makes disk intensive apps like Autodesk Inventor on my IntelNuc (core I3) even faster. Thanks!

@v8i.167 4 года назад

Shift + Delete, thats a new one to me, thank you!

@luispereiro6262 4 года назад

Hi Surge. Initially I thought this was a great idea and would resolve my issue of having a small SSD and creating profiles on my 2nd HD. However, I did further research and learned that maybe this isn't a good idea and can cause future issues with system upgrades, updates, and other system errors. I read this information on Microsoft and 3rd party sites advising against it and to only use this tactic in a test environment. They suggest only moving the Quick Access folders to a separate drive. Have you read this documentation as well? Is your process a work around for that?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

I'm doing a new video this week hopefully. In my testing I can confirm upgrading from Windows 10 build 1903 to 1909 with this Registry modification in place has worked.

@farrukhshahkhan3965 5 месяцев назад

It works and error-free process. Thank you so much

@rcsenior8082 19 дней назад

Is this the way to go, if I want to setup my new NUC14 Pro Plus to work exactly like my replaced NUC10 Pro, and get Outlook to work with account as well? I have a 500GB SSD in my old NUC10, and a 1TB SSD in my new NUC14, and I will use a Seagate Ironwolf NAS 4TB for transfer of all files between the NUC's.

@milesbeler3974 7 лет назад

Worked like a charm! I hadn't though of approaching the problem by just moving the data to a new account!

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

I'll be making an updated video soon showing how to move more than one users profile across to a new drive. Stay tuned.

@tsmith731 6 месяцев назад

Loved the video, regedit commands worked prefectly for me, but microsoft seemed to updatr their need to have accounts. would not let me get past setting up new user. no under I perfer Linux. Haven't touched Windows OS since 92ish. Hated it back them!!!!

@josenandorossipr 6 лет назад

Great Video, simple and best solution I found on RU-vid. Stick to window user solutions and forget about Call of Duty. Yet, programs don't migrate from one user account to other!

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

When you mean migrate, do you mean the program looks and behaves the same way it did on the old account on the new one? If so, this is normal as the AppData folder is not copied to the new profile/user account and this folder contains all the settings for programs and apps. See my reply above to Teri about making note/exporting settings so you can re-import them later and/or copying individual files from the old AppData to the new one, such as configuration files etc.

@mrloop-bl7qv 2 месяца назад

this works perfectly

@devviz 5 месяцев назад

1:53 our target is the "profilesdirectory" parameter, why did you also change the "public" parameter?

@vbenkovskyy 5 лет назад

Thanks, dude! :) Works on Win7 and Win10!

@freeridebible6128 3 года назад

I don't want to delete "start user's" account and data because this is my main account. Will this work if I just use "user 1" account as an account where my "users folder" will be placed, then delete users folder from my main profile so I can free space from C disk? Will all new data being sented afterwards on the new drive? And can I delete user 1 account in the end?

@ukvapours7240 7 лет назад

might be a stupid question but better safe then sorry, would copy and pasting the data work for software/games without needing to reinstall everything or breaking all the shortcuts? great video though fast and easy to understand :)

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

UK Vapours It would probably most likely break the links as there is lot of hidden folders that become linked to a user profile. Even if you move the folders to a new location the program will have registry settings and its own configuration files telling it where certain folders and other files are located, and trying to update these would be a nightmare. It would be safer to reinstall the software even though its a long winded process.

@Bewefau 7 лет назад

do you add : after the E or not ?

@charlesjiang5243 4 года назад

When I did this, and restarted the only account that showed up was the new account which received an rror message... now I cant do anything to get back in.. Update: I never fixed the issue and pretty much had to reinstall windows... For those of you reading this I cant tell you if it doesnt work or maybe I didnt follow a step correctly, but please be extra careful and make a system restore point and also back up your Registry files!

@hockeyzan2364 4 года назад

Me too

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

The only thing that should be changed is `ProfilesDirectory` and `Public` keys under `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList` in regedit. Please see my update for instructions on how to enable the built-in admin account.

@bobcatt2294 3 года назад

Are we not going through this procedure for the sake of keeping the SD or a smaller boot drive from getting congested with these cache and many large files found in the AppData folder? If you are not able to move the AppData contents with each profile, why even do this?

@Samuel-gh8nk 3 года назад

Hey so I moved everything from local disk to another disk like you said in the first few minutes that you tried and it didn’t work. How do I reverse that cuz now I can’t see file explore and can’t move it back.

@meghakter2477 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much 😊

@hockeyzan2364 4 года назад

And now im stuck and cant do anything(please help)

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

Where about are you stuck?

@terimckibben2006 6 лет назад

Hi! Thanks for this video. It was very helpful. Question: After the move from C I lost my Outlook 2016 Address Book addresses. I'm still receiving emails, but the Address Book is no longer populated. What am I missing? (Novice user in terms of fiddling with registries and the like.)

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

The best solution I have found before carrying out the tweak above is go in to each program/app and export all the settings/make note of them and save so that you can import them again later on. The entire process needs to be clean as possible which is why I I've done this tutorial a more long-winded way, otherwise data corruption or computer misbehaviour is mostly certain. In the tutorial I make a new user account and the reason I do this is because all the programs and apps are generated when the user logs in for the first time. If you were to copy the AppData folder from the old account to the new one, when you open a program on the new account it will ask "what is this data you've given me?" and of course you will get a complete mismatch of files pointing to different locations, hence why nothing will work. There is talk of using XCOPY or ROBOCOPY to copy the AppData folder but their main limitation is that it won't copy open files, so you can't guarantee that EVERYTHING will be copied. Though I don't recommend doing a bulk migration of the AppData folder I couldn't see too much harm in making a backup of the AppData to a sensible location and copying/moving individual files from the backup and overwriting the files inside the new AppData folders on the new account. A good example would be backup and restoring the Microsoft Word template found here > C:\Users\YOUR-OLD-USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm and placing it into the new location of > D:\Users\YOUR-NEW-USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

@namesdom 3 года назад

Is there a way to do this but with a pre-existing account? I got an account already on my E drive that I want to keep there but I want to be able to login to it from my SSD (C drive)

@evantspurrell Год назад

i am interested in doing this beacause alot of cahce filles are written to this fil tree. this creates alot of wear on harddrive. this not being simple is effing frustrating.

@momofly123 6 лет назад

Great job, very helpful thanks!

@kevinclarke5900 4 года назад

Did this and it worked without a hitch for close to two years, however I had to reverse it after the Windows 10 upgrade (1903 and 1909) would not download. After I reverse this and moved my profile back to the C drive, then the machine upgraded and worked correctly.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

When you say it wasn't downloading, was Windows updates not downloading the latest build automatically? I actually tested a 1903 build on a virtual machine and then ran the 1909 update assistant and everything worked perfectly fine. My user account and registry entries were still pointing to the my data drive and I checked to see that I was definitely running 1909. Did you try the update assistant yourself or were you predominantly looking to only upgrade through Windows updates?

@kevinclarke5900 4 года назад

@@TheSurgeNetworkTV every time the automatic update started it failed for both 1903 and 1909. In both instances I tried to use the download assistant and every time it failed. Got a boot error.

@user-cq5ec8jb4z Год назад

Thanks, great video! Can you make one on how to stop MS OneDrive sucking user files into the cloud and then deleting them on the local physical drive drive when you turn off the "backup"? In new installs of Windows 10 it now does this and then asks users to pay if it runs out of cloud space - it is basically now acting as ransomware.

@wasab6169 3 года назад

When attempting to switch to my other account from the sign in screen, I have an error message saying “The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in” “User profiler cannot be loaded.” I assume this is because I changed the profile registry to another drive. However, now I cannot even sign into an account. I’ve tried restarting my PC, but nothing works. Any help?

@dakagaming8428 3 года назад

I’m getting the same thing now, did you ever figure it out?

@wasab6169 3 года назад

@@dakagaming8428 It screws everything up. I haven’t figured it out since.

@todorp4056 3 года назад

how to change default profile directories for *ALL* existing users in windows 10?

@RaulKong898 8 месяцев назад

After changing the user, I can no longer update Windows. It keeps reverting to the same version after each update attempt. Can anyone help me resolve this issue?

@SCHaworth 2 года назад

instead of a drive letter, I mounted a partition to a folder on C:\External_users\Users\... Just in case something happens with external drives... orwhatever.

@joeshmoe000 Год назад

I wish this was actually moving the folder. It's just creating a new profile and then copying surface level stuff into it. I want all my settings and registry, programs, etc. to work the same. What's the actual reason I can't log into the new temp account and then copy the entire old user profile folder to the new location? Is it because of permissions? (meaning if I booted into Linux it would let me do it) Or is it cause of corruptions in the user registry? Thanks.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV Год назад

I wouldn't recommend it because some files have user name specific associations so when programs are looking up for files with your new username and they've been replaced with your overwritten files from the old account. This will most likely cause issues.

@joeshmoe000 Год назад

@@TheSurgeNetworkTV Thanks for responding. What if you actually just use the temp account so that you can fully copy your entire original profile over, or stuff is "in use" or permissions? Either way, if it doesn't work I'm just going to use a symlink junction again. I did that a long time ago on another system. It works great, but you have to boot into a separate windows OS, copy the entire folder (inc hidden, system files) , and execute mklink command. That lets you create a real true shortcut so even the OS thinks that it's still in C:\Users, but it's actually D:\WhateverYouWant.

@limitlessservices 2 года назад

Can I delete the other user afterwards??

@mr.jbusiness6679 Год назад

Did it work?

@vernonh194 4 года назад

It worked. But I have a question. I installed already the Microsoft Office 2016 from Drive C before I do what you did. How can I move the Microsoft 2016 to another Drive? Do I need to uninstall that and reinstall the program or maybe not? Thanks.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

Microsoft Office wouldn't need to be re-installed as it is installed to the 'C' drive.

@HiteckbeatsOfficial 7 лет назад

Thanks buddy!

@isacousins3789 6 лет назад

I think i have a better way faster. correct me if im wrong but the reason why you created a new user account was because u arent able to copy the files to the new drive correct? if so download explorer++ make sure you run as admin and it will allow you to cut the folder to the new drive of course first after doing the regedit im i correct in guessing the problem

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

I'm currently writing the blog up now going through the entire process from start to finish. I've had a look on my own personal PC and if you were to copy the AppData folder to a new location you would indeed break most programs because they have specified paths that the programs are looking for. This is why making a new account is an important step because during the setup it will generate folders for all of the programs you have installed based on the account you're signed into.

@ka-5240 6 лет назад

I wanna move my Appdata in my profile. Is it right for following this process?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

I'm writing up a blog now with a guide to installing a fresh copy of Windows with previously backup documents. I will be then detailing migrating an existing account to a new one with the Registry tweak that is carried out in this video guide for those that don't want to install a fresh copy of Windows.

@szaman6204 2 года назад

Nice video, how to move Program Files and ProgramData folders?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 2 года назад

I wouldn't recommend moving the Program Files and ProgramData directories because you won't benefit from the SSD speeds. I use my SSD for the operation system and programs as I want them to open the quickest. This guide is for relocation the users profile directory to another drive. User profiles are often bulky and this makes in perfect for storing on HDDs and off the system SSD. You can however install most programs during the installation stage and select the HDD rather the default location. This is how a lot of gamers install their games as SSDs soon fill up and they aren't cheap when comparing the price of traditional HDDs in the terabytes.

@DeanMichaelCruz 6 лет назад

Hi, Great video and thanks much. I followed this set up to free up some space from my SSD but i can't access my WindowsApps on the other Hard drive. It says, Access Denied. Any suggestions? Thanks

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

If you've created a new user account you ideally should be going back into the Windows Store and re-downloading the apps. Some of the apps on Windows are system-wide meaning they are installed no matter what account you're on. However, there are also user apps which are located in the AppData folder, and like I've mentioned to others I don't recommend copying as it causes problems.

@viviennesimmons1876 6 лет назад

Hi, this method sounds perfect. Probably a silly question, but will it also relocate the APPDATA folder for each user?Also, I'd love to read your blog on why this method is better than Sytem Prep but I have no idea how to do that. I've never read any blogs so please give me baby steps to get to it.Thank you very much for this great information.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

Vivienne Simmons Yes the AppData folder is one of the hidden folders that is contained in the User profile folder, so it would be part of the User profile folder relocation process when following this guide. In regards to the blog, we closed down our Tumblr blog as it wasn't adequate enough, but at the moment we're currently working on our website which will have a blog included. As soon as it's up and running we'll I'll post an update on here with all of the instructions in writing and pictures, plus the reasons why this is easier than the Sysprep method.

@sdaniaal 6 лет назад

it may be a good idea to link the blog post here...

@giannemillares2799 3 года назад

Can you do that in windows server 2008 r2?

@LWylie 6 лет назад

Ooo nice. Does this remove the desktop duplication problem? Whereby when you download .Exe files onto your hdd, and then drag them onto the desktop as a shortcut it stores on the ssd? Cheers for the vid dude

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

Laurence Wylie Yes that would remove the problem you described. With the registry tweak made and new accounts made afterwards the users folder originally found on the boot drive (the SSD) is no longer used and instead is set to your HDD.

@luboskaderabek6735 7 лет назад

Is it reccomended to have your user profile located on other drive than the system drive?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Luboš Kadeřábek Well technically you could keep your user profile on the system drive like default even on an SSD drive and when you work on large data tasks such as video or editing etc. you could the keep the larger files on a separate data drive. However, when you use the file explorer to browse for files, having multiple shortcuts would be messy as you'll confuse yourself when folders are. Having everything in central place keeps your files more organised for your own sake.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

New video has been released > ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HXd1DOFpH50.html

@ibrahim_no_context7949 3 года назад

Could I add my microsoft account to user 1?

@user-cq5ec8jb4z Год назад

Thanks for great videos on customising Windows. Some suggestions: put your windows tutorials in a playlist. Also, consider changing your channel icon as RU-vid puts it in a circle, and the flash in a circle is a fascist symbol associated with the British Union of Fascists and the Singapore PAP, unless that fits your political views.

@prayocampo4296 4 года назад

Stocked in sign in page saying "the userprofile service failed the sign-in. User profile cannot be loaded" please help me

@deltafoxtrot5385 4 года назад

I had the same problems because i forgot the ":" after the hard drive name. To resolve that, réinstalle Windows with USB Key or cd

@prayocampo4296 4 года назад

@@deltafoxtrot5385 already fixed my computer i go directly to a local IT center and paid for the service :(

@MsWesleyf 6 лет назад

Thank you

@potominkus9828 7 лет назад

So once changing the the Users location in Regedit, I make another account where the User folder will be in /F, then I simply copy and past the old User folder to the new account, then delete the first User? Does everything from the first user save to the new one? Will my desktop look the same, have all the same desktop settings and control panel settings?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Potominkus When the change the drive letter in the registry, the next time you make a new account a folder is created on that drive/partition. In your example this will be located at F:\Users\Your_name. Once the new profile has been made you need to go into your old C:\Users\Your_name folder and cut and paste each folder you would like to keep and paste it Into the new F:\Users\Your_name folder. Finally logged in as the newly created user profile go to PC settings > Accounts > Family & other users > Other users and select the account you wish to remove and click remove and click Delete account and data. Don't worry about losing any data as you've already moved it to the new drive. er will created on the new drive (drive letter in your example).

@chrisridings7670 Год назад

I knowthis video is old but i guess i did it wrong and now i cant get into my computer someone please help. I cant login in safe mode or reinstall windows or anything i just want to access my pc again please help

@rushmakhatrisubedi207 Год назад

Any luck with a fix if you get the "the user profile service failed the sign-in. user profile cannot be loaded." error and cannot log back in through any profile?

@endi890 16 дней назад

did u find a fix for this?

@daniel-rd6gx 3 года назад

what do i do after i copied and pasted my user file into my other drive? how do i fix it?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 3 года назад

The steps you should have taken are: Make the Registry tweak and set it to the new drive, go to Settings and make a new Administrator account, then login to the new account so that it creates the Users folder on the new drive, then you should have copied the files and folders from the original user profile found on the 'C' drive to the new destination on the HDD where the new user profile folder is. Once your happy you can log in and out on the new user account and that your documents are all in tact, you can safely remove the initial account that is stored on the SSD drive ('C' drive) under Windows Settings > Accounts > Family and other users.

@ctnflameing 2 года назад

@@TheSurgeNetworkTV thanks bro you saved my life ❤️🔥🔥 Now I'm facing another problem 😅 I want to move my users folder to another partition (new volume :E) Because incase windows : c got corrupted I don't have a backup that's why.. There are two folders in users One is Mine Second is Public I added new folders on new volume : E and changed location of the folder :C/Users/mine/downloads to :E/Users/mine/downloads and I did this things to all folders except for Onedrive *This is the main part ⬇️* I want to change my public files too 😅 because it will be more organized that's why 🙃 There are somewhat 5 sub folders in it and everything is empty Can I change location for public subfolders too just like :C/Users/Public/downloads to :E/Users/Public/downloads Will it cause any problems in future?? I just wanted to know 😅 I searched RU-vid and Google and I didn't find any solutions Bro please help and reply ❤️🙏

@mr.jbusiness6679 Год назад

Does this work currently

@matthiascotting3236 5 лет назад

Sorry to break it to you but this is a terrible idea... As soon as you want to install certain Software, such as DirectX, the programs won't find the needed DLLs... There are probably some other Problems with this, that's just the first hickup i noticed.

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

I have had no problems with any software using this method. I have tried audio production software, video editing software, AutoCAD and non of them have had problems. If you are referring to the AppData folder this will be freshly created when you login into the new account for the first time after making the Registry tweak.

@siviwooding7259 2 года назад

I did this now I get an error that say user profile service failed

@mr.jbusiness6679 Год назад

Did you fix it?

@rushmakhatrisubedi207 Год назад

Any luck with a fix to this? if you get the "the user profile service failed the sign-in. user profile cannot be loaded." error and cannot log back in through any profile?

@giuliobisio 7 лет назад

thanks!!

@gggggggggggggggg5262 7 лет назад

It's nice , but can I do this without having to delete my first account ?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

gggggggggggggggg5262 No you would need to make a new account so that the AppData folder containing program data is linked properly. Also migrating/moving a user's entire user folder including the AppData folder doesn't work as the links would be broken.

@m.a.a.d9275 3 года назад

My PC is now soft locked and I can't log in anywhere, great

@CGStudiosYoutubeChannel 7 лет назад

I don't have the profile folder in registry editor

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Chuck H. Which version of Windows are you using?

@CGStudiosYoutubeChannel 7 лет назад

Windows 10

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Chuck H. Are you on about the ProfileList registry entry?

@CGStudiosYoutubeChannel 7 лет назад

Yes thats the one

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Chuck H. Well considering the ProfileList registry folder drops down and has important registry settings inside for every account on the computer, including the built-in Administrator and SYSTEM account, it's quite worrying how your computer is still working... Only thing I can suggest is reinstall Windows and backup your documents to a different device and copy them across later into the new profile in the newly located 'Users' folder.

@jimmykane8897 6 лет назад

Does this change the homepath?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 6 лет назад

Yes this will change the homepath. If you were to type %UserProfile% in the Run command box it will take you to the newly set profile found at 00:01:24

@Phabio 5 лет назад

I create another account after the tutorial but it doesn't work, Because I won't two accounts in my pc

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 5 лет назад

Did you make the change in the Registry Editor? If so did you enter the correct drive letter?

@yxazozxy3738 3 года назад

Thank u

@marvinafraze2274 2 года назад

How to undo this process? Would you please record a video on how to undo this video?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 2 года назад

You just go into Registry Editor and change the ProfilesDirectory and Public string values back to %SystemDrive%\Users and %SystemDrive%\Users\Public

@quaithe7050 5 лет назад

yo, after i did the regedit, i cant click anything, please help

@BringABucket 5 лет назад

@Bewefau 7 лет назад

do you add : after the E ?

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 7 лет назад

Jessie James Yes you will need to include the colon : after E. It will show as E:\

@Bewefau 7 лет назад

The Surge Network ok thanks I was also wondering why when I did everything I couldn't use ref edit or use my DVD rom after making said changes

@LuigiPIays 7 месяцев назад

Is it really necessary to create a new user ? Can you do it without making a new user ?

@bibibenny7831 3 года назад

Hi my pc is locked what should i do now

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 3 года назад

When you say it is locked, what accounts do you have on the Windows login screen?

@siviwooding7259 2 года назад

@@TheSurgeNetworkTV I only have the new account but it says the user profile service service failed the sign-in

@lightdk6321 Месяц назад

This destroyed my pc and i had to reinstall windows

@Kronos- 4 года назад

this is not moving a user this is just moving files to a new user

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

Once you've made the new account on the second drive, you open up your user profile folder and move the files and folders over.

@NJZ34 4 года назад

this doesnt cover MOVING an account

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

At 3:54 I copy a text file to the new user profile and they appear on my new user account's Desktop.

@alexmaicu5523 4 года назад

nice lisssspppfffrrr, or whatever speech thing

@whsbluesjam3673 6 лет назад

The TEXT on your computer IS TOO SMALL TO READ. YOU GO TOO FAST. You could at least list the steps in writing on screen after starting REGEDIT. Sheesh man........ thanks anyway.

@P07AT0 6 лет назад

You have pause dude.

@mrbriggsy7 4 года назад

absolutely ruined my pc.. thanks

@TheSurgeNetworkTV 4 года назад

I'll be making a new video for people who already have Windows installed this week. It's very similar to my new video which is in the description in that you use the built-in administration account to manage everything before moving accounts and files around.