#$%^ Documents and Settings
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by roger
I wrote this little batch file to make Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have a user directory structure more similar to Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7.
You simply need to run it as a user with administrative privileges and it will create the “User” directory in the root of your drive along with all the other more “sane” directory structures that the newer Windows use — don’t worry, it uses links so that you won’t have two copies of the information, and applications that expect the old structure will continue to work.
There is an older BLOG post that describes how it works: Revise Windows XP “Home” Directory Structure if you’re interested in the details.
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