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   Auric__ to All   
   Re: Change "Documents and Settings" path   
   11 Sep 09 22:06:46   
   
   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:15:40 GMT, Auric__ wrote:   
      
   > I'm going to be reinstalling Windows over the weekend. I don't want the   
   > profiles to be in "Documents and Settings"; I want to specify my own   
   > path instead. What file(s) do I need to edit to do this? (I can do it   
   > *after* the install by messing with the registry, but I'd like to just   
   > have it my way in the first place.)   
      
   Nevermind. I was just using a not-so-good google string. Found the answer   
   here:   
     http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236621   
      
   (It says it applies to 2000 & 2003, but I'll bet it works for XP also.)   
      
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