How to mount the User Profile Folder as a Disk in this PC

Bonus12 1,116 Reputation points
2020-08-19T01:04:11.103+00:00

Hi All ,

I want have a drive , same as the C drive but called "User Profile" , and it opens the current user profile.

Any idea how I can create it via Registry key , script or a GPO ?

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  1. Daisy Zhou 18,706 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2020-08-19T05:44:20.44+00:00

    Hello @Immer,

    Thank you for posting here.

    After my research, I can not find such GPO settings to mount the User Profile Folder as a Disk in this PC.
    Maybe there is no such existing GPO settings to acquire your request.

    For your request, we can try the following similar method.

    Step 1 Create an folder on one domain-joined file server and shared it to these domain users

    Step 2 Set drive maps for the users

    1. Create an OU and put these domain users into this OU.
    2. Create an GPO and navigate to User Configuration\Preferences\Drive maps and map one drive (in my case it is H)
      For example:
      18596-dri.png
    3. Link the GPO to OU above.
    4. On one client, sign out and sign in the users in OU above and check the mapped drive.

    Step 3 Set roaming profile for these users

    1. Open user Properties\profile tab\set roaming profile for these users in OU above (in my case, as an example, I set roaming profile for daisy11).
      For example:
      18655-dri1.png
    2. On one client, sign out and sign in the users and check the roaming profile.
    3. We cannot delete the letter of the drive letter, but we can rename the drive name as "User Profile",

    For example:
    18692-dri2.png

    4.Here is the result after one user logs on one domain-joined client and update the GPO setting.
    18701-dri3.png

    For more information we can refer to the links below.

    Using Group Policy Preferences to Map Drives Based on Group Membership
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ask-the-directory-services-team/using-group-policy-preferences-to-map-drives-based-on-group/ba-p/395918

    Deploying Roaming User Profiles
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-redirection/deploy-roaming-user-profiles

    Best Regards,
    Daisy Zhou

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  1. Falcon IT Services 226 Reputation points
    2020-08-19T01:40:00.01+00:00

    Hello Immer,

    I'm not sure I understand the question, but it sound like you might be referring to roaming profiles? If so, here is some information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/folder-redirection/deploy-roaming-user-profiles

    Miguel Fra
    www.falconitservices.com

  2. Bonus12 1,116 Reputation points
    2020-08-19T01:45:54.11+00:00

    Thanks but this is not what I mean

    When you click on "This PC" you see "C" Drive . I want an additional drive called "User Profile".

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