Nice rundll32 use! -- ME2
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Mike Wiebke <[email protected]> wrote: > > The trick is that you need to tell explorer to reread the registry > settings. Here is a snippet from a vbscript that will redirect the My > Documents to a network drive after the user is logged in. Watch out for the > wrapping. The trick is the rundll command that forces explorer to reread > the user portion of the registry. You should be able to modify this to work > with your batch file. > > > Option Explicit > > Dim oNet, oShell > > Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network") > Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > > oNet.MapNetworkDrive "U:", "\\server\HomeFolders\" & oNet.UserName, True > > oShell.RegWrite > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell > Folders\Personal", "U:\My Documents", "REG_SZ" > oShell.RegWrite > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell > Folders\Personal", "U:\My Documents", "REG_SZ" > > oShell.Run oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe > user32, UpdatePerUserSystemParameters ,1 ,True") > > > Mike Wiebke > Rapid Fire Solutions > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: IS Technical <[email protected]> > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 3:05:05 PM > Subject: Changing MY DOSS location using script or batch file after log in > > Anyone know if it possible to change the location of MY DOCUMENTS > on-the-fly > after a user logs in using a batch file or script? > > This is for a Windows XP Pro machine running on a network with no DC. > > I've tried importing the relevant reg keys from a script but this doesn't > seem to work. > > Thanks.. > > > Regards, > Charles > > --- > Charles Figueiredo PhD > Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems > --- > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
