Documents and Settings

[Adurr]

I am running a Citrix MetaFrame server on a Windows 2003 X64 Server. The
root drive is almost out of space and I would like to move the Documents and
Setting folders to the D: Drive which is where all my data is stored. Is
this possible? Can someone give me guidance?

Thanks.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

From
http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_DocSettings

Q: User profiles are filling up my C: drive. Can I move them to
my D: drive?

A: The only supported method to change the location of the
Documents and Settings folder is through an unattended setup of the
Windows OS.
This is documented in the following KB article:

236621 - Cannot Move or Rename the Documents and Settings Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

which also describes an unsupported procedure. If you choose to use
that method, make sure that you have a full backup of the registry
and the server, and that you know how to use the recovery console.

Personally, I would recommend to use roaming profiles. If you
configure the server to delete the locally cached copy of the
roaming profile when the users log off (see KB 274152), then you
will never store more profiles on your Terminal Server than the
number of concurrent users.

Minimize the size of the profile by using Folder redirection.
Minimally, you should redirect My Documents to the users Home
directory and get rid of Temporary Internet Files.

Recommended reading:
274443 - How to dynamically create security-enhanced redirected
folders by using folder redirection in Windows 2000 and in Windows
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274443
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?QWR1cnI=?= <Adurr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 20
jul 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I am running a Citrix MetaFrame server on a Windows 2003 X64
> Server. The root drive is almost out of space and I would like
> to move the Documents and Setting folders to the D: Drive which
> is where all my data is stored. Is this possible? Can someone
> give me guidance?
>
> Thanks.