'Re-link' a Win 7 User folder to an account?
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:47 PM
I have a windows 7 SOE for my school which involves two partitions - C: for system (windows) and programs, and D: for Data. The "Users" folder is kept on D:. All users are in Active Directory.
I would like to be able to re-image drive C: when there is a problem, and have the user be able to pick up where they left off with the data on drive D:. However, when I tried re-imaging just drive C:, when I logged in for the first time, it created a new user folder in drive D: - I still had access to the old one, but it wasn't the default location for my files (the old one was named 'myusername' while the newly created one was named 'myusername.DOMAIN')
Any ideas how I can 're-link' the account to the pre-existing user drive? Registry entry? Sysprep command?
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:40 AMModerator
Hi,
You can use Microsoft (Sysinternals) Junction tool to redirect data from one location to another.
To create a junction c:\Program-Files for "c:\Program Files":
C:\>md Program-Files
C:\>junction c:\Program-Files "c:\Program Files"
To delete a junction, use the –d switch:
junction -d c:\Program-Files
More information, please see:
Junction
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
Tracy Cai
TechNet Community Support
- Edited by Tracy CaiMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:42 AM
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:45 PMI don't want to redirect one location to another. I want a domain user account to recognise a pre-existing user folder as that user's folder after a machine is re-imaged.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:37 PM
I don't want to redirect one location to another. I want a domain user account to recognise a pre-existing user folder as that user's folder after a machine is re-imaged.
Tracy's solution is doing that. Its actually quite ingenious.Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” How to ask a question that is fixable.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 11:47 PM
Tracy's solution is doing that. Its actually quite ingenious.
It's an ugly way to approach the problem, and will potentially get quite messy after a machine is re-imaged a few times.
There must be a cleaner, easier way.
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Monday, February 18, 2013 2:25 AMModerator
Hi,
Here are a few links to other threads discussing the similar issue.
Win7: how do I move user folder to a different drive:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/565f16a5-e5ed-43c9-8422-4f56aebb296e
how do i place user directories on a separate drive?:
Tracy Cai
TechNet Community Support- Marked As Answer by Tracy CaiMicrosoft Contingent Staff, Moderator Monday, February 25, 2013 8:27 AM
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