Move your windows 10 libraries to a separate drive or. Just append the j parameter, and the source and target locations. Moving the my documents folder to another drive or partition in windows xp is easier than you think not applicable to vista most folks use the my documents folder to keep all their personal data. My documents redirection bug im sure many of you know that when you redirect my documents to another location using the location option, windows will display that folder as my documents, even though clicking on the address bar. Would you like to move some things to another drive or partition to free up space. Feb 11, 2012 my setup at home is such that i have a dell dimension e521 amd x2 box stuffed with a couple of 1tb drives in a mirrored raid1 array acting as a file server amongst other things.
The weird thing is that the local copy of the file does not seem to match the one the other users on the network can see. Had a hell of a time getting the ssd to format and then w10 wouldnt connect to the internet. By default, the my documents folder is a folder in the users profile that is used as a default storage location for saved documents. In my system for example i redirect my documents folder and my downloads to my second hard disk. Opening documents takes you to the root of the onedrive if you redirect it there, but then users have to browse to the my documents folder within it to see the files they might expect. Hi guys, as you already understood from the subject, im going to show you how to configure onedriver service as folder redirection. Mar 18, 2007 how to point youre my documents folder to another location. How to move downloads folder to another drive in windows 10. Move your default data folders to a different drive. When working with a file or directory with a space, surround it in quotes. How to change the default hard drive for saving documents and. When users save documents to the my documents folder, the files are actually saved on an assigned network location and can. Its a pretty straightforward process to do lets run through how to redirect documents from its normal location to my.
Another user on the network made a change to the file. Error redirecting my document folder expertsexchange. Dave turner wants to move his documents, pictures, and other libraries off of his small ssd and onto a larger hard drive. If your computer has multiple partitions, you may want to change the location. This trick will allow default save locations, library associations and normal my documents links to seamlessly redirect to onedrive without the user having to change their normal habits. How to move windows temporary folders to another drive. This article is going to look at one method of how to move user data to a new location when using windows 7 or windows 88. Do not use any shortcuts, favorites or library links. I strongly recommend that users put code windows and programs onto one. Some functionality might differ or be unavailable if you create the file share on a server running another version of windows server. You can select another location on this computer, another drive attached to this computer, or another. Sep 08, 2015 right click on start button i file explorer i right click on downloads folder i properties i location i move i browse the destination folder i apply i ok hope it works. Redirect my documents to the home directory in windows. For companies employing office 365 with onedrive for business, there is a simple way to integrate onedrive in place of my documents.
Whenever you receive a new university computer running windows, it is imperative that you follow the following instructions to set your default documents folder to be your h. How to how to redirect folders to other drives in windows. Enter the path to the root folder as a unc path, dont. Configure user home folders and folder redirection data. Configure user home folders and folder redirection data backup. How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents to. How i can redirect my documents folder automaticly to netwotk drive in windows 7. Configuring folder redirection through group policy. If youre a windows power user, you probably have a collection of favorite tweaks. Windows 10 how to move my documents folder to another. Some customers may need to redirect the windows documents to a shared network drive.
Lets see if we can redirect the individual users pictures files to a folder on our file server. Right click the documents folder and select properties. Windows 10 how to move my documents folder to another location. If the user is not the owner of the destination directory, folder redirection will fail with the default folder redirection settings. If the student already has my pictures, my videos, andor my music folders already in existence within their h. Redirect my documents to onedrive for business spiceworks. Folder redirection not redirecting all files techspot forums. How to move user folders to different location on windows. Before we initiate our task, make sure your machines are up to date and verify there is no an old gpo or any antivirus software that can block us from continuing. Browse to the location where you want to redirect this folder. File organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this guide, well show you how on windows 10. There are times when redirecting or moving a user profile off of the boot drive is necessary or just something that people want to do. Type or copypaste the following in the address bar. Alternatively if you redirect documents to onedrive business\ documents, you can run into other weird issues if users delete that folder while.
Enabling folder redirection will allow you to more easily back up user profiles, and allows users to move around between machines without having to manually copy over their data, and offers protection. Im going to redirect all my users documents to the one folder i created earlier, so i will choose basic. Command prompt wont change directory to another drive. Whether you move your data folders to a second drive or a new partition on your existing. As per the description provided, it looks like you are trying to changes the my documents location.
Configuration of the my documents folder microsoft support. Demonstrates how to move your my documents folder and desktop files from one. Redirecting my documents to a network drive windows neowin. My documents redirection bug windows 7 help forums. How to change the default hard drive for saving documents. Since i started i have been saving all my documents on the local pc and then moving them to the backup server. Whenever you save a new file in windows 10, the save as window defaults to whichever of your user foldersdocuments, music, pictures, and so onis appropriate to the file type. Folder redirection changing the windows documents to a network. Redirecting folders in os x to a network drive 30stechie. How to sync your windows 10 desktop, documents, and more to. Redirect my documents to the home directory in windows 2012.
Windows stores all your user files and folders in c. If you are an administrator, you can use folder redirection in a group policy to modify the location of my documents to reside on a network share. Feb 25, 2016 configuring folder redirection through group policy. Feb 28, 2020 file organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this guide, well show you how on windows 10. How to move downloads folder to another drive in windows. Jul 05, 2017 whenever you save a new file in windows 10, the save as window defaults to whichever of your user foldersdocuments, music, pictures, and so onis appropriate to the file type. Select the location tab, and confirm that the path displays the file share you specified instead of a local path. I wanted to be able to redirect folders such as music and documents in the usersneil folder on my mac to point to those on my server. Folder redirection gpo documents folder created instead of. Move your libraries to a second drive or partition pcworld. There, you see folders such as desktop, downloads, documents, music, and pictures. How to sync your windows 10 desktop, documents, and more.
How do i change the my document folder to another drive. File organization how to move user folders to different location on windows 10 yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in. If not already present, create a folder in onedrive called documents 2 open properties of my documents folder browse to c. My documents folder cannot be moved to another drive. Rightclick a redirected folder for example, the my documents folder in the. Move downloads folder to new location in windows 7. If you try to rename one documents folder, all the other. You can choose advanced and redirect different groups folders to different locations. Rightclick a redirected folder for example, the my documents folder in the documents library, and then select properties. Roaming user profiles is used to redirect a user profile to a network location. How to move the my documents folder gizmos freeware. Failure to do so could lead to you being unable to access saved files from another computer or losing data if your university computer malfunctions. I have a gpo set to redirect the documents folder to the h. Redirected my documents folder, on shared network drive cant see.
Deploy folder redirection with offline filesdeploy folder. Jan 10, 2011 my documents redirection bug im sure many of you know that when you redirect my documents to another location using the location option, windows will display that folder as my documents, even though clicking on the address bar will reveal that the folder retains its original name. Feb 14, 20 the my documents folder is redirected to a shared network drive. Right click on start button i file explorer i right click on downloads folder i properties i location i move i browse the destination folder i apply i. Redirect my documents to an alternate location in windows xp by guest contributor in microsoft on july 29, 2004, 10. On the target drive, you will now see a new folder called documents. How to point youre my documents folder to another location. Dont move your windows user profiles folder to another drive. For folder redirections to another location on the same computer, you will need to use a junction link.
How to move windows 7 personal folders like my documents. Select the settings tab, and in the policy removal section, optionally select redirect the folder back to the local userprofile. Everybody else on the network sees the changes just fine. Jul 26, 2005 hi all, i have setup folder redirection to redirect my documents and the desktop from one folder on our win2k server to another folder on the same server. Folder redirection, offline files, and roaming user profiles. Rightclick on my documents within the users folder and select properties. If the student already has my pictures, my videos, andor my music folders already in existence. They may even think to delete the my documents folder on h.
Verde offers builtin document redirection functionality in the. Alternatively if you redirect documents to onedrive business\documents, you can run into other weird issues if users delete that folder while. We have a network storage drive at work, which is backed up nightly. Folder redirection not redirecting all files techspot. Dec 07, 2016 instant cloud backup how to sync your windows 10 desktop, documents, and more to onedrive windows 10 doesnt protect files stored in your default folders, but you can use this guide to make sure. When you redirect the documents folder on a windows vista. Demonstrates how to move your my documents folder and desktop files from one hard drive to another hard drive location. How to move user folders to different location on windows 10. Everything was going well until i attempted to redirect my documents folder from the c. This behavior may create many documents folders on the network share. Instant cloud backup how to sync your windows 10 desktop, documents, and more to onedrive windows 10 doesnt protect files stored in your default folders, but you can use this guide to make sure. To move the documents folder in windows 10, do the following. Find answers to redirect my documents to the home directory in windows 2012 with gpo from the expert community at experts exchange.
If youre a windows power user, you probably have a collection of favorite tweaks to make the os run faster and work better. Apr 26, 2018 for folder redirections to another location on the same computer, you will need to use a junction link. How to change the location of user folders in windows 10. Aug 22, 2007 its important to note that when redirecting folders such as my documents to a location that already exists, i. Redirected my documents folder, on shared network drive. Unfortunately, this folder is by default located on the c. Apr 01, 2017 demonstrates how to move your my documents folder and desktop files from one hard drive to another hard drive location. Refer to the link and follow the steps, how to work with files and folders. Oct 19, 20 dont move your windows user profiles folder to another drive. Apr 16, 2018 the my documents folder is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. Maybe its one of the personal system folders like my documents, my pictures, my videos or the download folder that is taking up a lot of space. When you redirect the documents folder on a windows vistabased or windows 7based computer to a network share, the folder name unexpectedly changes back to documents. How to move or change the location of my documents folder.
If you have more than one physical drive, keep your system c. I have configured a test gpo with exactly the same settings as our live folder redirection gpo which is successfully working on our 2008r2 file server. Hi all, i have setup folder redirection to redirect my documents and the desktop from one folder on our win2k server to another folder on the same server. In windows 10, these folders also appear in file explorer under this pc and quick access. Documents redirect gone wrong solved windows 10 forums. I messed up trying to move my documents folder location to my d. If you redirect my documents by using group policy folder redirection, the path. My concerns within that folder are the mods and the screenshots folders in terms of future bloat though of course i can trim screenshots. Yes, you can move the default user folders to a new location, and in this. Of course, this will not save your data if the entire hard drive fails physically and your my documents folder is on the same drive, just in a different partition, but there have been many occasions in my time when windows has become unusable due to a virus, spyware or other calamity of sorts. You will be able to copy the my documents folder to another driver of your choice.
Other people can access the files in that folder and edit them. The way to do this is to redirect common folders to another location or drive. Feb 11, 2016 dave turner wants to move his documents, pictures, and other libraries off of his small ssd and onto a larger hard drive. To verify that the redirection is functioning, open my computer and look at the home drive to see if it matches the contents of my documents. Redirect my documents to server or network drive automaticly with group policy. In my documents, the file size and modification date do not match the new state, and if i open the file, it does not contain the changes. The aim is to redirect documents, music, pictures, movies and downloads to their relevant locations on the dell box. If you have another partition or hard drive, consider moving some system folders to a second volume. I then expected to be able to change the address, not only have a move option. The new folder path cannot be a subdirectory of the current path. Folder redirection and offline files are used together to redirect the path of local folders such as the documents folder to a network location, while caching the contents locally for increased speed and availability.
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