Redirect C:\Users folder on server

[Sheridan]

I've got an RDS 2019 server which is running on SSD drives, with some old 3.5 Sata drives sitting unused - as its a remote desktop server the users profiles are building up in the C:\Users folder.

 

Its a small 120GB SSD (in RAID1) so I'm thinking of redirecting all users to the D:\Users folder for their profiles, but the only way I can think to do it for all users (and ones that haven't logged in yet) is to create a D:\Users and use a symbolic link to replace the C:\users folder, effectively redirecting it.

 

Am I missing an easier option here? I think this will work but I feel I'm overcomplicating it

[BOOT]

Change the path in the value "ProfilesDirectory" in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

[Sheridan]

Change the path in the value "ProfilesDirectory" in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

 

Ah I knew there'd be an easier way! - that should work without me moving anything as the existing profiles will have their paths in the ProfileList\ProfileImagePath so it should only apply to new users, which should work fine.