[K12OSN] OT: easy way to move "documents and settings" folder?

[Huck]

Rob...

I hate regediting ...but I wonder if there is not some 'free' tool(app) 
out there that will let you simply search and replace globally in the 
registry...

so you could simply do a search on "c:\documents and settings" and 
replace it with "h:\documents and settings"  or some such.

--Huck

Rob Owens wrote:
> Jim and Huck, thanks for the responses.  But I want to move not just "My
> Documents", but the entire Documents and Settings folder.  The reason is
> that things like temporary internet files, etc. are filling up the very
> small C drive on my terminal server.  Users are instructed to save all
> of their "stuff" on a network drive anyway, so My Documents doesn't
> actually take up much space.
> 
> Also, to be clear, I'd like to set it up so that all new users get their
> settings put in d:\documents and settings\username
> 
> -Rob
> 
> Huck wrote:
>> right-click 'start', click 'explore', click on 'Desktop' in the left
>> window pane, right-click 'My Documents', click 'properties', the Target
>> tab should be showing...the 1 field there shows the target path of the
>> My Documents folder...with the 'move...' button directly below that
>> field you can edit the field and move the location.
>>
>>
>> --Huck
>>
>> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:22:49 -0400, Rob Owens wrote
>>>> I know some of the guys on this list have implemented roaming profiles
>>>> using samba--maybe that knowledge can help me w/ my windows problem.  I
>>>> want to move the "documents and settings" folder on our windows terminal
>>>> server to a new drive.  The instructions I've found on microsoft's
>>>> website include a step which requires you to edit every registry entry
>>>> that contains the path c:\documents and settings.  I looked through my
>>>> registry and stopped counting when I hit 500 occurrences of this path.
>>>> Is there an easier way?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry for the Windows question, but it's all part of my long-term plan
>>>> to put Linux on the desktop.
>>>>
>>>> -Rob
>>> It has been a while, but can't you right click the My Documents folder
>>> and then
>>> somewhere in properties select move and then your new location.  I
>>> know I have done this
>>> in the past to move My Document storage out to a central server.  If
>>> nothing else pursue
>>> correct directions for that, it is way quicker than the registry method.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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