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Moving Windows 7 ProgramData folder after installation

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Mar 15, 202612870 views
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I need to move my folder in a Windows 7 installation to . I understand how to make the symlinks and registry changes so this works. My problem is that I'm unable to copy the files in the folder because the OS seems to have some of them locked. Specifically, the files in the folder are blocking the …

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C:\ProgramData

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Fix for: Moving Windows 7 ProgramData folder after installation

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Move the Profile and ProgramData start from Windows 7 DVD and choose to repair Windows, open Command Prompt (CMD) and type: move the "Users" folder to the second partition by this command. ROBOCOPY "C:\Users" "D:\Users" /COPYALL /MIR /XJ. move the "…

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