Ed. note: If you've tried moving the Windows Users directory to a location other than the default, you know it can be quite an undertaking. Reader Roobs wrote in detailing how he moved his Windows 7 ...

Moving your Windows User folder to another SSD or from a legacy HDD or modern SSD can improve performance, provide a more responsive Windows experience, and increase security. The folder, located in C ...

Deleting a Windows 7 user folder removes all personalized settings and data in addition to any files or folders stored in folders specific to the user's account, such as the user's "My Documents" and ...

User profile folders on Windows 10 or 11 are important directories that store personal files, app settings, and system configuration of each created account. It is located in the system drive ...

If you have accounts in OS X that the system stubbornly refuses to remove, there are some things you can try. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...

When you do a clean install of Windows 10, one of the final tasks before you sign in for the first time is to create a user account. After Windows 10 is installed, you can add a new user account any ...

On Windows 11/10, the User Account/Profile at the location %SystemDrive%\Users\<UserName> contains files, folders, and data that the associated user can access easily ...

Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...