move user profile?

is it possible to move user profiles?

i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)

on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users

i can't find this on Vista

It actually is possible in Computer Management.
Open Computer Management, go to "Local Users and Groups">"Users"
Doubleclick the user you want to change. On the tab Profile you can change
the profile path.


"JethroUK©" wrote:

> is it possible to move user profiles?
>
> i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)
>
> on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users
>
> i can't find this on Vista
>

Yes - I used to have Win XP Pro & that's the setting i wanted but it doesn't
seem to be available on Vista Home Premium - which version do you have?


"Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
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> It actually is possible in Computer Management.
> Open Computer Management, go to "Local Users and Groups">"Users"
> Doubleclick the user you want to change. On the tab Profile you can change
> the profile path.
>
>
> "JethroUK©" wrote:
>
>> is it possible to move user profiles?
>>
>> i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)
>>
>> on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users
>>
>> i can't find this on Vista
>>

I have Vista Ultimate, I guess that's only available in the business and
ultimate versions..
I don't know if there is an easier way to do it, but you can edit the
profile path in the registry.

In the key
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\(user ID)\
there is a value named "ProfileImagePath".

Change it to the path you like, and then you have to manually move the
folder to that location.


"JethroUK©" wrote:

> Yes - I used to have Win XP Pro & that's the setting i wanted but it doesn't
> seem to be available on Vista Home Premium - which version do you have?
>
>
> "Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
> news:BF2FB870-64EF-4CF4-9957-...
> > It actually is possible in Computer Management.
> > Open Computer Management, go to "Local Users and Groups">"Users"
> > Doubleclick the user you want to change. On the tab Profile you can change
> > the profile path.
> >
> >
> > "JethroUK©" wrote:
> >
> >> is it possible to move user profiles?
> >>
> >> i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)
> >>
> >> on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users
> >>
> >> i can't find this on Vista
> >>
>
>

I'll give that a try thanks


"Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
news:F7516A9C-B221-4B8C-ADB5-...
>I have Vista Ultimate, I guess that's only available in the business and
> ultimate versions..
> I don't know if there is an easier way to do it, but you can edit the
> profile path in the registry.
>
> In the key
> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\(user ID)\
> there is a value named "ProfileImagePath".
>
> Change it to the path you like, and then you have to manually move the
> folder to that location.
>
>
> "JethroUK©" wrote:
>
>> Yes - I used to have Win XP Pro & that's the setting i wanted but it
>> doesn't
>> seem to be available on Vista Home Premium - which version do you have?
>>
>>
>> "Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
>> news:BF2FB870-64EF-4CF4-9957-...
>> > It actually is possible in Computer Management.
>> > Open Computer Management, go to "Local Users and Groups">"Users"
>> > Doubleclick the user you want to change. On the tab Profile you can
>> > change
>> > the profile path.
>> >
>> >
>> > "JethroUK©" wrote:
>> >
>> >> is it possible to move user profiles?
>> >>
>> >> i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)
>> >>
>> >> on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users
>> >>
>> >> i can't find this on Vista
>> >>
>>
>>

I tried that method and it worked fine


"JethroUK©" <> wrote in message
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> I'll give that a try thanks
>
>
> "Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
> news:F7516A9C-B221-4B8C-ADB5-...
>>I have Vista Ultimate, I guess that's only available in the business and
>> ultimate versions..
>> I don't know if there is an easier way to do it, but you can edit the
>> profile path in the registry.
>>
>> In the key
>> HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\(user ID)\
>> there is a value named "ProfileImagePath".
>>
>> Change it to the path you like, and then you have to manually move the
>> folder to that location.
>>
>>
>> "JethroUK©" wrote:
>>
>>> Yes - I used to have Win XP Pro & that's the setting i wanted but it
>>> doesn't
>>> seem to be available on Vista Home Premium - which version do you have?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Ronnievdl" <> wrote in message
>>> news:BF2FB870-64EF-4CF4-9957-...
>>> > It actually is possible in Computer Management.
>>> > Open Computer Management, go to "Local Users and Groups">"Users"
>>> > Doubleclick the user you want to change. On the tab Profile you can
>>> > change
>>> > the profile path.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "JethroUK©" wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> is it possible to move user profiles?
>>> >>
>>> >> i have correct profiles setup on my D: drive (data drive)
>>> >>
>>> >> on WinXP i used My Computer>Manage>Users
>>> >>
>>> >> i can't find this on Vista
>>> >>
>>>
>>>
>