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Moving User data off Vista Partition

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imported_TopCat

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So I've recently installed Vista and I wanted to move most of my data (Users and Program Files) to a separate partition. Users was easy enough; I just changed the folders pointed to in the registry. Program Files is proving to be quite another monster.

So far I've gotten close. I've copied the current Program Files over to where I want it. I've created symbolic links to the copied folders. Now all I have to do is delete the original folders and rename the links to Program Files and (x86). Well, I can't seem to do that. Couldn't delete the folders in XP or BartPE. I tried using a Live Ubuntu and for some reason it now refuses to mount my NTFS partitions (conspiracy!). I tried messing with the folder permissions but that didn't seem to help me out. Is there any way I can delete this folder? Is there some superior method that my puny peabrain has missed?

EDIT:
I found that I needed to edit serveral registry keys before I attempted this delete and not after.

Keys in:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\shell folders
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\*
and edit the WoW6432Node registry mirrors in x64 version.
 
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