We have upgraded 9000+ to IE11 and didn't lose any favorites. Is this a safe measure or do you have cause for backing up?
Daniel Ratliff From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marable, Mike Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 3:14 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [mssms] RE: batch or script to backup every user profile's favorites folder locally Well, here are some raw material to get things started. (I apologize if any of this is already common knowledge.) You could enumerate the user profile folders: $UserProfiles = (Get-ChildItem C:\Users) FOREACH ($User in $UserProfiles) { $UserName = $User.Name IF ($UserName -ne "Public") { New-Item -Path "D:\Backups\$UserName" -ItemType Directory -Force Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\$UserName\Favorites" -Destination "D:\Backups\$UserName" -Force -Recurse } } This will work as long as everything is "out of the box" and you're not redirecting folders, which it sounds like you're not. If you are, then you can enumerate the Registry. The location of the user's Favorites is kept here in the Registry: 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders' 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders' So you could enumerate the HKUsers hive and extract the location of the folder. Then copy that folder to your backup location. Mike From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Ransom Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 2:53 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: batch or script to backup every user profile's favorites folder locally This is just a one-time backup only for the IE11 upgrade and must be local - no other space is available. I expect to have 99% success rate but must be able to restore favorites if lost in the upgrade. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jimmy Martin Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2015 2:43 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: batch or script to backup every user profile's favorites folder locally Why not do folder redirection for that? Jimmy Martin (901) 227-8209 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Ransom Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 1:41 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] batch or script to backup every user profile's favorites folder locally Hi, Does anyone have a batch or script to backup each user profile's favorites folder locally? I need to verify a local backup of every user profile's favorites folder prior to IE11 upgrade on Windows 7 x64. Thanks, Tim *** GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR *** ****** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ****** This transmission may contain confidential information protected by state or federal law. The information is intended only for use consistent with the state business discussed in this transmission. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action based on the contents is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete this email and notify the sender immediately. Your cooperation is appreciated. This message and any files transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, confidential, or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not permitted to use, copy, or forward it, in whole or in part without the express consent of the sender. Please notify the sender of the error by reply email, disregard the foregoing messages, and delete it immediately. P Please consider the environment before printing this email... ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. If you receive this material/information in error, please contact the sender and delete or destroy the material/information.
