[K12OSN] regfile for redirect of My Documents

[Jason Ingalls]

I've tried that as well. I haven't tried modifying "shell folders" AND "user
shell folders" yet. I'm hoping that is it.


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Jason Ingalls
Ellsworth School Department
IT Specialist
207-667-4722 Ext. 5529
jingalls (at) ellsworthschools.org


Quoting Doug Simpson <simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us>:

> The personal thing may not work if there isn't already a My Documents
> folder in their P: drive.
>
> Try it with just P:\ so it don't have to find the non-existent folder.
> Works for me. . .
>
> It won't matter if there is a My Documents folder in their P: drive or not
> since it becomes "My Documents" anyway.
>
> Doug Simpson
> Technology Specialist
> DeQueen Public Schools
> DeQueen, AR 71832
> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
> Tux for President!
>
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Jason Ingalls wrote:
>
>> This may get double posted since I originally replied from an unsubscribed
>> account. I'll apologize in advance :)
>>
>> I work with Chuck and we've been working on this issue together.
>>
>> Is there a reason this doesn't work:
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> REGEDIT4
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Folders]
>>
>> "Personal"=- (this part works, it deletes the Personal entry)
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Folders]
>>
>> "Personal"="P:\My Documents" (this part doesn't work, no Personal entry is
>> recreated)
>>
>> -----------
>>
>> I hadn't thought about trying to replace the entire key, I'll try that
>> tomorrow.
>> --
>> Jason IngallsEllsworth School Department
>> IT Specialist
>> 207-667-4722 Ext. 5529
>> jingalls (at) ellsworthschools.org
>>
>>
>> Quoting Jim Kronebusch <jim at winonacotter.org>:
>>
>> >> Anyone have a good working startup.bat to alter the keys in
>> >> "shell folders" so that My Documents is redirected to a
>> >> network share..We are happily deleting it but so far unable
>> >> to recreate ..chuck
>> >
>> > Not much time here as I have to go get my kids from daycare, but how
>> > about a simple batch that runs a registry key import on
>> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell
>> > Folders".  You could set up one user the way you like it, then export
>> > the My Documents key with the edited path to a mydocuments.reg or
>> > something.  Then run the batch that imports that registry file on login.
>> >
>> > Just a very untested thought.
>> >
>> >
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