users folder

In previous editions of Windows it was my experience that stores would be filed in \users\username\Documents (or another sub folder such as Music). I just installed Windows 11, electing to have files backed up in onedrive. I copied files into Documents, Music, Pictures, et. When I go to...

Recently noticed my C: drive had almost maxed out (47 GB free of 457 GB). Knowing this wasn't right I did a quick total of all the files which came out at about 250 GB. I then went back and carefully checked each folder and file and still came up with 250GB. Then I downloaded an analytical...

I found a thread on this subject from sometimes back but there was no good solution so I want to ask this again. I upgraded my computer with a much faster but much smaller SSD drive. There is way to move c:\Users\user_name to another drives but that's not a good way todo because you have to do...

If you have two machines that both are at least Windows Vista, follow these steps: 1. Connect the two computers so that they are seen on the network 2. Open a command prompt 3. Type: mklink /d /j C:\Users\(Name) C:\ *Replace (Name) with whatever you want and substitute the second C...

I have Win 7 Home Premium SP1. For the past year and a half, I've been using the Win 7 backup about once a month without any problems. My hard drive is partitioned into drives C and D, and I back up onto an external hard disk, which appears as Drive I when connected. (The external hard disk is...

Hi! It seems I've gotten myself into quite the mess here. I am trying to relocate my Users folder into another HDD to save space on my OS HDD by using this guide: Move the Users Directory in Windows 7 I am currently inside cmd on the Win7 Ultimate Edition(x64) DVD and have executed the...

I got a new laptop at work, and the IT group performed the initial setup. Of course, they entered my name incorrectly. I am the "administrator" on this computer, and I made the correction. However, on the C: drive, under the C:\Users folder, my mis-spelled name persists. I select then...

In trying to access AppData for the main user I managed to hide the Users folder so none of it shows at all (!!???). Then tried to unhide it by selecting Show Hidden Files and Folders, View option, but with no success. My other, older HDD running Vista clearly shows the Win7 Users folder and all...

When I click into C: Drive>Users> I have Public and Phil. I presume that the Phil folder points to the folder with all the My Pictures etc in. But I cannot access it. It says it is a file and not a folder. I checked on my mums computer as she has windows 7, and if i click into the users folder...

Overwhelmed by the information storm, in the web sphere, I still didn't get it how to perform an old fashioned file search. I was looking for a file (extend.dat) in the Users folders and used Search to achieve this but it would not return any match, using the name: filter, wildcards, partial...

Hello. I'm very new to Win7, and this is my first time here at this forum. I just upgraded from XP about a week ago. I was wondering if Win7 has a Documents and Settings folder similar to XP. I go to Windows Explorer>C:\>Users. When I double click on Users, I see three folders, one is...

Hello in windows7 there is "document and setting" and "users" folders. they have the same contents and size. and they take up duplicate space. can i delete one of the folders? how can i save capacity in HD? my 'windows' folder growing all the time and now its 11gb size. there is somting to...

Short and sweet: I want to have a SSD for "C:\", but mount a slower but way cheaper and larger HD for C:\Users. How can I accomplish this? .. given that Users obviously isn't empty at this time. (The entire system is on the SSD at this point).