[K12OSN] Redirect "My Documents" folder to home folder

[Peter Hartmann]

Hey Brian,
Thanks for suggesting Kixtart.  I don't want to offer the windows
shell at all to users  so I used the gui-builder (really easy) to make
a launcher for the few windows apps we are going to use.  I thing it's
easier than locking down everything and I think there will be less
chance of the kids executing something malicious if they only have 4
options none of which are Internet Explorer.  Plus teh windows shell
takes up at least 10-15MB per user and were a little low on ram.  But
I'm definitely interested in your scripts for re-mapping etc.  Maybe I
could do everything I want just with kixstart.  I'd be happy to share
my kixtart script for launching apps if anyone is interested.


Thanks,
Peter

On 8/10/06, Brian Chivers <brian at portsmouth-college.ac.uk> wrote:
> Paul Lemke wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Is there a way in windows 2000 to script the changing of the "My Documents"
> > from "c:\docs and settings\blah\blah\mydocuments" to their mapped home
> > directory? Specifically their startup.bat file that get's executed when they
> > log in.
> >
> > I've googled it and can't see to come up with an easy answer. The reason
> > behind this is I have roaming profiles turned on, but I don't want the users
> > to wait all the time to copy their entire home directory. Sure I could tell
> > them to save everything to their "X drive" but it's easier to show them how
> > to save it to their "my documents" folder.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> > Paul
> >
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>
> I do this using kixstart scripting language from kixstart.org. I also use the script to alter things
> like IE homepage & screensavers etc.
>
> You can alter all the locations for things like My Picture, My Doc's , Desktop even using the
> scripting and you can do it on groups so staff have on location & students other. I use it to setup
> drive mappings as well
>
> If you'd like a copy of my loginscripts let me know and I'll mail them over.
>
> Brian Chivers
> Portsmouth College
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