Windows 10: Moving icloud photos to another drive?

Solution 1:

As you mentioned, currently the only way is by using a junction:

  1. Stop the iCloud app
  2. Move the current folder to your new location:
    Move "C:\Users\<user>\Pictures\iCloud Photos" "D:\Photos"
  3. Create a junction to point to your new location:
    MkLink /J "C:\Users\<User>\Pictures\iCloud Photos" "D:\Photos"

Please notice that in macOS based on the official guidelines, you do the same - move the location of the folder to another place...'