Thanks a lot cybercore. The article:
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did the trick.
I succeeded in creating a new User profile on my E:\ partition. My job was considerably simpler than the author's since I was starting with a brand new Windows 7 install and had no applications to deal with.
Here are the steps I used, where OrigAccount is the account created during original Windows install:
1. Copy the original Default Profile directory to the new location (ie C:\Users\Default to E:\Users\Default)
2. Copy the original Public Profile directory to the new location (ie, C:\Users\Public to E:\Users\Public)
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
4. Change the value of the Default key to the new user profile location (ie, E:\Users\Default)
5. Change the value of the Public key to the new user profile location (ie, E:\Users\Public)
6. Change the value of the ProfilesDirectory to the new user profile location (ie, E:\Users)
7. Enable the administrator account:
a. Activate 'administrative tools' in Start Menu
b. Start Computer Management
c. Click on Local Users & Groups / Users
d. Right click on Administrator and select properties
e. Uncheck the box labeled 'Account is disabled'
8. Reboot and log in under administrator account
9. Profile should now be located in E:\
10. Reboot and then delete OrigAccount account (Control Panel/User Accounts)
11. Delete folder C:\Users\OrigAccount (ie, original account)
12. Configure password and picture for Administrator account