Administrators is the minimum group membership required to complete this procedure. Review the details in "Additional considerations" in this topic.
 | To assign a home folder to a local user account |
Open Computer Management.
In the console tree, click Users.
Where?
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Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users and Groups\Users
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Computer Management\System Tools\Local Users and Groups\Users
Right-click the user account for which you want to specify a home folder, and then click Properties.
On the Profile tab, do one of the following:
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To specify a local home folder, click Local path, and then type the path, for example, c:\users\maria.
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To specify a home folder on a shared resource, click Connect, click the proper drive letter, and then type the network path, for example, \\airedale\users\andreas.
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To specify a local home folder, click Local path, and then type the path, for example, c:\users\maria.
Additional considerations
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To perform this procedure, you must provide credentials for the Administrator account on the local computer (if you are prompted), or you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.
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The Documents folder provides a convenient alternative to home folders, but it does not replace them. Each user has a Documents folder on the boot volume.
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If no home folder is assigned, the system assigns a default local home folder to the user account (on the root directory where the operating system files are installed as the initial version).
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To specify a network path for the home folder, you must first create the shared resource and set permissions that allow the user access.