How to Move Local Profiles from the Default CONFIG Directory

RoyATokeshi
March 26, 2004 4:41 pm

Citrix states in their article: CTX581039

CTX581039 - How to Move Local Profiles from the Default CONFIG Directory

This document was published at: http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry.jspa?externalID=CTX581039

Document ID: CTX581039, Created on: Jul 13, 2000, Updated: Apr 23, 2003

Products: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Microsoft Windows 2000, Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Microsoft NT 4.0 Server Terminal Server Edition, Citrix WinFrame 1.8

This describes how to change the default location of local profiles. This is helpful when running out of room on the %systemroot% partition.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious, system-wide problems that may require you to reinstall Windows NT to correct them. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use this tool at your own risk.

The hives for user profiles can be located anywhere on a local or remote computer. In some circumstances, you might want to move a user profile hive to another computer when User Profile Editor is not available. You can move a user profile by copying the hive to the new location and then changing the Registry to specify the new location.

To Change a User Profile Location in the Registry

1. Log on under a username other than the one for the profile you want to move.

2. Use File Manager to copy the hive and .LOG files for the profile you want to move. This file can be on a floppy disk or on a shared network drive.

3. In Registry Editor, display the Registry for the computer where this hive will be used and change the value of ProfileImagePath under the appropriate ProfileListSID_# subkey to specify the new path and filename for the new hive. The full Registry path for this subkey is as follows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionProfileListSID_#

The data type for ProfileImagePath is REG_EXPAND_SZ, so you can specify a value in the form of %systemroot%system32confighiveFilename. Do not include the double backslash () to specify the UNC path name.

Example: If windirsystem32config is on drive M and you want to move the CONFIG directory to drive N, you can use a local path such as n:localuser001 in the ProfileImagePath. The next time that user logs on, the new user profile is used.

Important: For secure installations, user profile hives should be stored on an NTFS volume where they can be secured by specifying access permission in File Manager.

For Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0

Please refer to the following articles:

How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile [Q214470]

How to Modify the Registry to Delete Locally Cached Profiles [Q268828]

For Windows 2000 using Terminal Services:

Please refer to the following articles:

Q236621 - Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder

Q214636 - How to Set the Path for the Local Default User Profile.

Note:

Microsoft TechNet contains many articles that relate to profile issues.



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