The registry value need to be of type REG_EXPAND_SZ to get it to expand the string. You need to use REGEDT32 to accomplish this as regedit is not capable of understanding or handling REG_EXPAND_SZ strings.
In this instance normal boilerplate warnings about editing the registry are completely applicable. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of /dev/null Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:56 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: User Profile Favorites I have a user that had their Favorites set to: \WinNT\Profiles\UserName\Favorites One day they log in and it starts using \WinNT\Favorites Naturally all their Favs were gone in IE. under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders We set it to %USERPROFILE%\Favorites and we changed the Shell Folders to the physical path. Logout/login and now it uses C:\%USERPROFILE%\Favorites (it created a directory named %USERPROFILE%, without substituting what the actual path is.). How can we get this back to pointing to the favs in their profile? Thanks! /dev/null Available for Consulting. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.BeginThread.com/dev.null * Would you like to join BeginThread.com? Drop me a line, it's FREE! ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
