[K12OSN] OT: easy way to move "documents and settings" folder?

Brian Chivers brian at portsmouth-college.ac.uk
Mon Sep 24 19:05:23 UTC 2007


What I sent only effects My Doc's but with the info in the links I sent 
you should be able to add the extra folders in docs & settings.

Brian

Rob Owens wrote:
> I'm looking to move the entire Documents and Settings folder, not just
> My Documents.  Does your method affect the entire Documents and Settings
> folder?  If so, then I'll give it a try.
>
> -Rob
>
> Brian Chivers wrote:
>   
>> Sorry if I'm being a little slow here but aren't all the folders in
>> doc's & settings controlled by one section of the registry ??
>>
>> What we do is alter the location of My Doc's at login by using a login
>> script that just alters the following in there registry
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Folders
>>
>> and
>>
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
>> Shell Folders
>>
>> My doc's is the key called "Personal" so I have a kixscript that does this
>>
>> :alter_my_docs
>>    ;************************************************
>>    ;*         - Alter My Documents -        *
>>    ;************************************************
>>   
>> $ikey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Folders"
>>        IF (WriteValue($ikey,"Personal",$mydocs,"REG_SZ") <> 0) 
>>            ? "Update error MyDocuments @error: @serror"
>>        ENDIF
>>   
>> $ikey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
>> Shell Folders"
>>        IF (WriteValue($ikey,"Personal",$mydocs,"REG_SZ") <> 0) 
>>            ? "Update error MyDocuments @error: @serror"
>>        ENDIF
>> RETURN
>>
>> where $mydocs = there P: drive (why P:, p for personal :-) )
>>
>> If you look at the Samba How to they have a whole section on "Folder
>> Redirection" have a look at this
>>
>> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&_Windows_Profiles#Folder_Redirection
>>
>> &
>>
>> http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/happy.html#redirfold
>>
>> Something we also do is to use poledit to remove all files except for
>> "favourites" (could alter registry to store this on there P: drive) from
>> the users profile and delete profiles as they logout so keeping what's
>> held in there roaming profile to a minimum.
>>
>> If you'd like a complete copy of the login.kix script let me know.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> Doug Simpson wrote:
>>     
>>> For teachers, they will learn after their "profile" disappears a few
>>> times to put their stuff in their H drive.
>>>
>>> For students, we had linux/samba set up and I had my samba server set
>>> up so that their profile was stored on the server but as soon as they
>>> logged out, samba deleted the server copy of their profile. Then, we
>>> had DriveShield (similar to DeepFreeze without the lockup problems)
>>> installed and once the computers were rebooted, they came back clean.
>>> . .(no local profiles, either) MAJOR space saver!!!!!!on the server
>>> and the workstation.
>>>
>>> If you would like assistance with setting this up in samba (the
>>> client-side stuff is a different animal) let me know and I can give
>>> you pointers and examples to make ti clean those wasteful profiles off
>>> the server at least. Then you can decide how to handle the client-side
>>> cleanup.
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
>>> Doug Simpson
>>> Technology Specialist
>>> De Queen Public Schools
>>> De Queen, AR
>>> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>>>> Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> 9/19/2007 12:24 PM >>>
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>> Huck is of no use here as well...sorry :(
>>> I only know of the other because when using Samba with roaming
>>> profiles...when staff members put all of their files in My
>>> Documents(the default location)...their login and logout times stretch
>>> over a millennium it seems...and for some reason they do NOT listen
>>> when you request/explain/ask/nudge/encourage them to save to the
>>> NETWORK drive(s).
>>>
>>> --Huck
>>>
>>> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:07:29 -0400, Rob Owens wrote
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> Jim and Huck, thanks for the responses.  But I want to move not just
>>>>> "My
>>>>> Documents", but the entire Documents and Settings folder.  The
>>>>> reason is
>>>>> that things like temporary internet files, etc. are filling up the very
>>>>> small C drive on my terminal server.  Users are instructed to save all
>>>>> of their "stuff" on a network drive anyway, so My Documents doesn't
>>>>> actually take up much space.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, to be clear, I'd like to set it up so that all new users get
>>>>> their
>>>>> settings put in d:\documents and settings\username
>>>>>
>>>>> -Rob
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Ahh, my apologies.  I misread your original email which was very
>>>> clear in stating you
>>>> wanted to move Documents and Settings.  Can't say I can help you there. 
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
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