ProgramData, where some applications store application and user specific settings and configuration files.

Windows, which contains core operating system files and drivers.

Program Files (x86), exists only in Windows 圆4.

Windows x86 (32-bit) stores all applications here, Windows 圆4 (64-bit) only native 64-bit applications

Program Files, where applications and software are installed.

PerfLogs (Performance Logs), where Windows stores performance and reliability logs.

When Windows 10 is installed, 5 or 6 system folders are created depending on chosen bit-version: Changing the variable takes care of all existing and future user profiles, locating them when created to selected drive or partition.

The advantage of this method is that it changes the value of one internal Windows 10 environment variable, being a “Do it once and forget” procedure. The method described in this tutorial allows relocating Windows 10 main profile folder Users including all present and future user profiles and folders while installing Windows, before any user accounts are created, as well as later on an already installed system.

Move appdata to another drive