Hi everybody! this, for me, it's a problem that exist from win95 till today. Well windows default users directories are so damn cool. you can access them by start menu and in win7 also by library icon pinned to the superbar. nice! but why i can't decide where put them nor "make default" (in a easy and simplified way.. not needed to edit the registry) what those directories are? here are a list of problem (imho) derivated from this issue. 1) when using two or more partition: tipically the OS partition is very small respect the data/user partition. so if we put USERS directories inside the OS partition by default, we can't use them: how many albums/films/downloads/10MP photo you can store on a 10-20-30GB partition? not so much eh? and everytime you put there a big film or install a program you reduce vital free space to your OS (consider the recycler bin as example, not mentioning swapping areas for who doesn't have 4GB of RAM). 2) i personally use and spread, on every computer i repair, the partitions separation: one for OS and programs which needs to be installed to work and the other for programs which doesn't need installation and user data. so when a format or serious errors occur you just need to format the first partition and all your data is safe on the other. 3) a fact that happend to me. when i was reinstalling windows xp on my machine i got old USERS directories all locked up for an unknow reason by the new OS installation.. there was no way to get their content and i lost all my documents. well maybe, considering the second point, the USERS directory that needs to be moved (for the pleasure of the user) are just the directories that contains users' generated file, like images, documents, video, music, savegames :P, downloads etc. and not temporary files or apps stored preference. i'd like to know what other people think about this question :) thank you and sorry for my english :)

As someone who supports hundreds of Windows users, it's a complete pain in the ____ to have the faff of _trying_ to keep their data away from system files. Once you've loaded up a client install with 400 third-party applications, there isn't a tool alive which can extricate your priceless data from the replaceable system files.There's an argument that many user files _are_ system files, but hey, that's no excuse.The powers of kung fu never fail!

You can do this via an automated installation of Windows and using the FolderLocation value in unattend.xml:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949977. Not quite simple as you've asked, but it is possible.