It is not possible to rename or remove the “Documents and Settings” folder In Windows,. If you try to do so, you will get the error message that the folder needs Windows to run properly and it cannot be renamed or removed. This behavior of the folder is by design.
Follow the steps below in order to state a different folder for “Documents and Settings” during the installation:
1. Use the switch /UNATTEND along with Winnt.exe or with Winnt32.exe and add the entry below into file Unattend.txt, where the path is z:\foldername and the folder name of your choice: [GuiUNattended]
ProfilesDir = z:\foldername
2. Now install Windows. The path specified in the Unattend.txt file is utilized rather than that of the default “Documents and Settings” folder.
This folder is in use when you are creating backup to avoid the loss of documents and Windows configuration. This folder has My Documents folder in it. It also contains your email and your entire desktop. So this makes it a very important folder for taking the backup. It is easy to use the “Documents and Settings” folder. Just open the folder and find your profile name. You can restore Documents folder from here and also the popular Internet Explorer.
Maintaining this folder:
This folder has a great deal of information which is put there by Windows and other applications. Because of this there is no simple maintenance strategy for the folder. Sometimes you will find out that this “Documents and Settings” folder has grown in size rapidly and it is difficult to find information about maintaining this folder.
So the best way to maintain this folder is to get help from the available tool such as Space Monger. This will allow you to see the reason why so much space is occupied on your “Documents and Settings” folder.