I am just about to format my computer as I'm a frequent "clean type of person". The problems while installing Windows is that I always have to manually change location for my user files to d:/user files/{name}/music
or videos etc. Now I'm using a ssd drive I would also like my appdata to be moved too that location aswell.
I know this is all possible through registry changes BUT the last time I attempted the relocation. It deleted all files within the target path and created fresh empty directories for my music, my videos etc. How can I accomplish this on a clean install, even logging in as admininistrator prior too any user account creations and point the profile paths to an already existing directory with files in it?
Best Answer
For relocation of any User Profile folders as you install Windows, check this excellent tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unm3VMTMZu4