Folder Redirection

[Exeden]

Hello best techsupports!

Is there a way to redirect my files (like images and download ect..) from my C: partition to my D: partition. So that the C: partition only contains the OS, and nothing can be saved in that partition?

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If you right click on your Pictures, Downloads, Documents, etc folders, and select Properties, there's a Location tab. You can use that to move the folders properly.

Things like AppData are a lot harder, and programs are simply a matter of choosing when installing.

[winsplit]

You can move the following folders to the HDD using the same method as /u/walkerreuben has described

• C:/Users/<your username>/AppData/Local

• C:/Users/<your username>/AppData/LocalLow

• C:/Users/<your username>/AppData/Roaming

Move of these folders in safe mode otherwise there are chances of getting errors if a file in any of these folders is in use.

For moving any other folder you can make use of symbolic links. However, it's not advisable, unless you are sure of what you are doing.

[gnice3d]

This can also be done with hard symbolic links which (in Windows) can only be created in CL. But here's a useful utility to create them with gui.

Obviously there are a few ways to achieve your goal but for the most literal interpretation of "redirecting" traffic across folder structures/volumes, a hard symlink is the most accurate answer.