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Welcome! I'm in Easley, SC. You? Cheers and Regards

Any progress? Cheers and Regards

Sorry about the dead link to the missing script, but that post was 3 1/2 years ago. I was "customizing" my OS then for about a half a year or so, but I haven't done it that way since, so forgive me if I no longer remember some of the details. I didn't use audit mode because I didn't know what that was back then. And I didn't use unattended, I did everything manually, but there weren't as many hotfixes etc back then so it wasn't as big a deal as it is now. I honestly don't remember for sure, but I either ran the script at account creation, or I used Shift+F10 to get a command line during setup and ran the script that way. I think the latter, but I don't remember how I knew exactly when to run the script. Sorry. I believe it might even work OK if run immediately after installing the OS, but you definitely want to do it before any apps are installed and before anything is installed to the profiles because nothing is moved from the original location to the new, just the location definitions are changed, and the folders in the original locations are deleted. And no searches are made in the registry for any reference at all of anything that used the original locations. So do it as early as you can, but it has to be after the current user hive is created in the registry. I'll reprint the files here, along with some of the notes from my thread at Ryan's so you don't have to look back and forth, but you'll just have to play with them so see if they work for you. It's just been too long since I've used them for me to be much more help than that. They did work for me, no problems that I recall, but you might also want to add some hard links in the "Standard" places to handle those few programs that are hard coded to use those locations and do not pay attention to the registry entries like they should. Unfortunately I think there were/are some such misbehaving, poorly written apps, but I can't name them off the top of my head, if they still exist. You could also do a copy of anything that was in the original locations before you turn them into hard links. The more I write the more I'm sure you'll think "that sure is a lot of trouble" and it was, which is why I quit doing it. You might find or figure out a better more reliable way. I still like the concept for organization, ease in backup, might help in SSD life for profiles to not be on them etc. @Dogway, I really think you should be able to make this work the way you want to. Look carefully below at the differences I used to assign: "UserProfile\Downloads" -> D:\Downloads vs "UserProfile\Music" -> D:\Media\Music So I was able to nest at least some of the folders and I don't know why you can't do that to all of them, unless it's just one of MS's "gotchas". You will just have to try it. Make whatever use you wish out of this. I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS OR USED THIS METHOD IN THREE YEARS. Anyone who can improve this, please post. I'm sure there are others that would make use of it. From Ryan's (2010-07-12): Profiles.cmd Profiles.reg ProfilesPublicFolders.reg ProfilesDefaultUser.reg ProfilesCurrentFoldersLibraries.reg ProfilesCleanProfile.cmd Suggestion for improvement from vmanda (2011-03-04) became so, if you add folders paths strings at top of script by using SET commands this will make script easy to be edited by users itself. 2. The script will be a single file. This command line tool, reg2cmd, let you convert registry files to cmd script. Usage: reg2cmd profiles.reg profiles_1.cmdSpeaking of users preferences, for example, i wish a folder structure more likely old "Documents and Settings" from XP, inplace of "Users" from Vista/Seven. Anyway, many thanks for finding the way to change this settings. Good luck! Cheers and Regards

@Dogway, I have no idea at all whether what I'm going to say will work at all at the unattended stage or not, but it is your problem so as jaclaz has pointed out your best option is probably to try it and see. After all, while I think you absolutely did the best thing and asked ahead of time to save yourself having to reinvent the wheel, apparently either no one else has tried it, or those who have haven't seen your posts. You can't be mad about that, it's just the luck of the draw. When I have reassigned the folders you are talking about to another drive in the past, I did it more "manually" and I didn't care that it wasn't unattended since I was only doing my own system install. Here was one of my very early efforts, and I was not trying to have the same folder structure you were, but it might be able to be modified. I haven't used it in a couple of years, so you will just have to experiment with it if you want. If for whatever reason it won't allow you to create the nested structure you want directly, then I would try subst. The way I understand it, the OS will then think that it is placing the folders at the root of the drive, and it will be for the assigned drive letter, but if it works and the new drive letter is actually assigned to "D:\Win7Settings\", then you will get the neat folder structure on D:\ that you are looking for. Again, I'd not sure it will work during unattended, you will have to experiment. Good luck. Cheers and Regards

It could also have been a small error on Black Viper's part. None of us are infallible. I would post it over on his site. In my experience he has usually been quick to fix any problems reported. Cheers and Regards

You will not find help for warez here either. Cheers and Regards

Yep. Just reinforces what I have often suggested to those having weird problems, especially when they can't tell if they are hardware or software related. Though it is often a pain to completely take a machine apart and thoroughly clean it and reseat all connections and reswitch all switches (not many of those anymore), anyone with enough patience can do it. This method often works on non-computer things as well. Unfortunately, many folks don't want to listen to that advice. I'm glad that it ended up that that was all it took to fix your problems. Cheers and Regards

@submix8c I don't think that Dogway is necessarily complaining about the new way that it works with multiple folders and some if not most of them being junction points. I think the only thing he wants to change is this: I think he is getting: D:\ ...Documents and Settings ...ProgramData ...Users And I think he wants: D:\ ...Win7Settings\ ......Documents and Settings ......ProgramData ......Users If I understand correctly. And I think he should be able to do that, shouldn't he? Cheers and Regards

@DP, you do realize that "that site" is actually part of this site, (MSFN), right? lol Cheers and Regards

I admire your persistence! Cheers and Regards

What changed last week when this behavior began? Hardware or software changes? System crash? Malware? Is Win7 up to date? Are you connected to a wireless router? Any changes to it? What have you tried to test or fix the issue? What were the results? Cheers and Regards

What gave you that idea? Cheers and Regards

Have you tried re-downloading, and/or checking the MD5s to make sure all that you downloaded didn't have a problem of any kind? Cheers and Regards

Look six posts up from this one, Cheers and Regards

@dogway, at the very bottom of the page you linked to, is the comment: Does that work for you? EDIT: Sorry, we cross posted. Cheers and Regards

Before anyone else gives you more advice, it would probably useful for you to tell us a little about your experience and comfort level with dealing with the things you are asking about. Have you ever done it before with Windows 7 or any other Windows OS? Do you have legitimate, straight from the developer, versions of the software that requires keys, such as Office, along with the required keys? Is your version of Windows 7 legitimate and unmodified in any way and do you have the required key? Is your hardware sufficient for running Windows 7 - CPU, RAM, HDD space, etc. Please tell us anything else that you think might help us help you. Cheers and Regards

Welcome! Cheers and Regards

Which OS and what program are you using to Lite it? If you want to preserve Windows Search, then don't remove it. Cheers and Regards

I hate to mention it, but I assume he verified his data was readable on the CD-R's when he originally burned them? Cheers and Regards

And in all versions of Chrome I have tried. I assume you are having problems with IE11? If you revert to IE10 do the problems continue? Does IE11 have any feature that justifies needing it installed? I have just heard about too many issues for me to use it yet. Cheers and Regards

If you read his post, I believe he said "it depends". ie unless all of your tests are on the exact same system under the exact same conditions, under the exact same good temperature conditions, and preferably with every possible interfering app and service disabled, and the printouts done at the exact same scale, then you are really not comparing apples to apples and the "spikes" you see might or might not be real. This is especially true if your internal drive was the system drive, or had the paging file or %temp% on it. That will invalidate any direct comparison to any other drive. If you can redo your tests to meet these criteria, print the graphs using the same scale and repost, then we can more accurately answer your question. Cheers and Regards

Then have you followed the tutorial here? Cheers and Regards

I'm not sure which "virtual box" you are using, but you might try "DOSBox". Cheers and Regards

A safe and very Happy Holidays to all! Cheers and Regards

It was plenty of time. Too much in fact. My popcorn got cold and the ice melted in my drink. Give me ten minutes to get refills, then on with the show! Cheers and Regards