Hi,Can I move all the settings of my users (c:/users/xxx account) to another hard disk on my system.This would avoid that I have to repair all the user-settings again and again each time that I do restore a previous image of my system.Thanks

Hi Picsoe, Please read this: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=215 It works the same for Win7. :) Hope this helps!Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org Contributing Author for: (Sybex) MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-643

Hi Jabez,Thanks for your answer.I have done this part already -the user data-files are the easy part.I was more thinking about things like :- IE cookies- User IDs that I entered in IE- Passwords that I entered in IEetc.I have no clue where to find this data.

Hi Picsoe, The following involves modifying the registry. Please ensure that you have a backup of your registry before editing. Using REGEDIT, and navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Shell Folders Modify the path for "AppData", "Cache" and "Cookies" Hope this helps!Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org Contributing Author for: (Sybex) MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-643

Hi Jabez,Thank you so much for this info.Do I also have to move folders from the C:\users\AccountName to the new location ?Which folders are involved ?The whole folder Appdata (with all it's subfolders) ?Other folders too ?I really appreciate your help Jabez, thank you.

Hi Picsoe, Yes, move the AppData and the subfolders. :) Regarding moving C:\users\Accountname, it depends. However I would suggest that you leave that folder and just move the ones which can be modified through the registry above. I'm glad I helped. ;)Jabez Gan [MVP] - http://www.msblog.org Contributing Author for: (Sybex) MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-643

If you are in a domain, you can use Folder Redirection, in Group Policy.Unfortunatly, it is not available in Local Computer Policy.

Hi bnborg,Thanks for your answer.I am unfortunately not in a domain.

I would just copy the files and edit the registry, then.To be safer, you can do it offline. While logged in as Administrator, open regedit, focus on HKEY_USERS, and select File\Load Hive. Then browse to C:\Users\<UserName>, and select NTUSER.DAT. Type a name to mount it on, such as "temp". Then, you can navigate to the "Shell Folders" key listed above and change the appropriate settings. To move the whole profile, you need to go to the user's SID key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Then change the valuenamed "ProfileImagePath" to the new location.I don't guarantee either of these methods, especially the last one. But it's fun to play with. I would recommend setting up a test user to try it out on first.