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From: Kodjo Stiles on 9 Mar 2010 09:06 Hi, Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one over the network (a share on a server)? I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to store and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share. So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have specified. Thanks, Kodjo __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
From: Tim Meddick on 9 Mar 2010 16:03 I think so, at least at my work's computers all roaming profiles have as their "My Documents" folder a folder on a network drive, albeit different ones for each user in this instance. Try typing the full network [UNC] path to the shared "documents" folder into the registry value : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Personal"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents" ....noting that the path above is only a fictitious example. You may also need to change some other values under the same key : [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "My Pictures"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures" "My Music"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Music" ....you could create a reg-file with the modified paths for the registry values [above] and import it in each profile on each PC that you want to share the same network folder as their "My Documents" folder.... Explanation : XP machines are directed to their "My Documents" folder by the value in the registry shown above called "Personal", by changing this value on all your machines (and profiles on them), you effectively "re-direct" those machines into using a shared single folder for their "My Documents". However, if you change this value and don't change the values under the same key for "My Music" and "My Pictures" those destinations will remain on the local drive. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:OCWzLX5vKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one over > the network (a share on a server)? > I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to store > and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share. > So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be > accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have specified. > > Thanks, > Kodjo > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4798 (20100122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >
From: Kodjo Stiles on 10 Mar 2010 08:08 Thanks a lot Tim. This goes a long way towards solving my problem. I still would like to do the same for every single folder on the machine; not only the shell's special folder. Might there be a programmatic way to do this? "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:%23IIIRw8vKHA.4196(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I think so, at least at my work's computers all roaming profiles have as >their "My Documents" folder a folder on a network drive, albeit different >ones for each user in this instance. > > Try typing the full network [UNC] path to the shared "documents" folder > into the registry value : > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell > Folders] > "Personal"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents" > > ...noting that the path above is only a fictitious example. > > You may also need to change some other values under the same key : > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell > Folders] > "My Pictures"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My > Documents\My Pictures" > "My Music"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My > Music" > > ...you could create a reg-file with the modified paths for the registry > values [above] and import it in each profile on each PC that you want to > share the same network folder as their "My Documents" folder.... > > Explanation : XP machines are directed to their "My Documents" folder by > the value in the registry shown above called "Personal", by changing this > value on all your machines (and profiles on them), you effectively > "re-direct" those machines into using a shared single folder for their "My > Documents". However, if you change this value and don't change the values > under the same key for "My Music" and "My Pictures" those destinations > will remain on the local drive. > > == > > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:OCWzLX5vKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> >> Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one >> over >> the network (a share on a server)? >> I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to >> store >> and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share. >> So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be >> accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have >> specified. >> >> Thanks, >> Kodjo >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
From: Tim Meddick on 10 Mar 2010 16:51 I don't quite understand what you are asking here? "do the same for every single folder on the machine" ? Once you specify a network folder for "My Documents" any file (or folder "hierarchy") that user creates or places into "My Documents" will subsequently be on the network drive. You certainly cannot have the WINDOWS folder on a remote machine, for instance, so what exactly do you mean by "for every single folder" ?? Have you read up on "Roaming Profiles" by any chance? Making profiles and their userdata (which can include the "My Docs" folder) stay on the server is called having roaming profiles. This could be a more relevant solution given what it is (I think) you are wanting, as most of a profile's userdata remains located on the server... However, I have never set up a roaming profile so you'd have to read up on this yourself if you think it might be for you. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eBGe%23NFwKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Thanks a lot Tim. > This goes a long way towards solving my problem. > > I still would like to do the same for every single folder on the machine; not only > the shell's special folder. Might there be a programmatic way to do this? > > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message > news:%23IIIRw8vKHA.4196(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I think so, at least at my work's computers all roaming profiles have as their "My >>Documents" folder a folder on a network drive, albeit different ones for each user >>in this instance. >> >> Try typing the full network [UNC] path to the shared "documents" folder into the >> registry value : >> >> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell >> Folders] >> "Personal"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents" >> >> ...noting that the path above is only a fictitious example. >> >> You may also need to change some other values under the same key : >> >> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell >> Folders] >> "My Pictures"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My >> Pictures" >> "My Music"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Music" >> >> ...you could create a reg-file with the modified paths for the registry values >> [above] and import it in each profile on each PC that you want to share the same >> network folder as their "My Documents" folder.... >> >> Explanation : XP machines are directed to their "My Documents" folder by the >> value in the registry shown above called "Personal", by changing this value on all >> your machines (and profiles on them), you effectively "re-direct" those machines >> into using a shared single folder for their "My Documents". However, if you >> change this value and don't change the values under the same key for "My Music" >> and "My Pictures" those destinations will remain on the local drive. >> >> == >> >> >> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >> >> >> >> >> "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:OCWzLX5vKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one over >>> the network (a share on a server)? >>> I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to store >>> and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share. >>> So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be >>> accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have specified. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Kodjo >>> >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >>> database 4798 (20100122) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >> database 4798 (20100122) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4798 (20100122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >
From: Kodjo Stiles on 11 Mar 2010 07:50
Hi Tim, I see your point about the Windows folder. I guess I'll disable the user's write access to all folders and only allow writing to the special folders which I will redirect. Thanks. "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message news:uMQqOvJwKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > I don't quite understand what you are asking here? > > "do the same for every single folder on the machine" ? > > Once you specify a network folder for "My Documents" any file (or folder > "hierarchy") that user creates or places into "My Documents" will > subsequently be on the network drive. > > You certainly cannot have the WINDOWS folder on a remote machine, for > instance, so what exactly do you mean by "for every single folder" ?? > > Have you read up on "Roaming Profiles" by any chance? > > Making profiles and their userdata (which can include the "My Docs" > folder) stay on the server is called having roaming profiles. > > This could be a more relevant solution given what it is (I think) you are > wanting, as most of a profile's userdata remains located on the server... > > However, I have never set up a roaming profile so you'd have to read up on > this yourself if you think it might be for you. > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > > > > "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:eBGe%23NFwKHA.4492(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Thanks a lot Tim. >> This goes a long way towards solving my problem. >> >> I still would like to do the same for every single folder on the machine; >> not only the shell's special folder. Might there be a programmatic way to >> do this? >> >> "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in message >> news:%23IIIRw8vKHA.4196(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>I think so, at least at my work's computers all roaming profiles have as >>>their "My Documents" folder a folder on a network drive, albeit different >>>ones for each user in this instance. >>> >>> Try typing the full network [UNC] path to the shared "documents" folder >>> into the registry value : >>> >>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell >>> Folders] >>> "Personal"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents" >>> >>> ...noting that the path above is only a fictitious example. >>> >>> You may also need to change some other values under the same key : >>> >>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell >>> Folders] >>> "My Pictures"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My >>> Documents\My Pictures" >>> "My Music"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My >>> Documents\My Music" >>> >>> ...you could create a reg-file with the modified paths for the registry >>> values [above] and import it in each profile on each PC that you want to >>> share the same network folder as their "My Documents" folder.... >>> >>> Explanation : XP machines are directed to their "My Documents" folder >>> by the value in the registry shown above called "Personal", by changing >>> this value on all your machines (and profiles on them), you effectively >>> "re-direct" those machines into using a shared single folder for their >>> "My Documents". However, if you change this value and don't change the >>> values under the same key for "My Music" and "My Pictures" those >>> destinations will remain on the local drive. >>> >>> == >>> >>> >>> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Kodjo Stiles" <kodjostiles(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:OCWzLX5vKHA.5340(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one >>>> over >>>> the network (a share on a server)? >>>> I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to >>>> store >>>> and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share. >>>> So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be >>>> accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have >>>> specified. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Kodjo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>>> signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>> signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ >>> >>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>> >>> http://www.eset.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4798 (20100122) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com |