msc in the Search
box, and press Enter to start the Local Users and Groups tool described
at the beginning of this chapter.
13. In the left pane, select Users.
14. In the middle pane, double-click your username, and then choose the
Profile tab.
15. In the Home folder section, select Local path, and in the Local path
field, type or paste the full path of the new folder you created in step 2.
(Ignore the User profile section at the top of this window.)
16. Click OK and then close the Local Users and Groups window when
you??™re done.
17. Log out of the temporary account and log back in to your real account.
18. Once you??™ve confirmed everything is working, open Windows Explorer
again and delete the old home folder from C:\Users.
Change the Locations of Personal Folders
Every user account on your system has its own home folder, stored, by
default, in C:\Users. In this folder are such special user folders as Desktop,
Send To, Start Menu, Documents, and Application Data, among others.
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Files placed in the Desktop folder appear as icons on the user??™s desktop,
shortcuts placed in the Start Menu folder appear as Start menu items, and so
on. This arrangement lets each user have her own desktop, Start menu, etc.
There??™s also an All Users folder, used, for example, to store icons that appear
on all users??™ desktops. Likewise, the Default User folder is a template of
sorts, containing files and settings copied for each newly created user.
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