[K12OSN] regfile for redirect of My Documents

Jason Ingalls jingalls at ellsworthschools.org
Sat Jul 2 18:33:50 UTC 2005


No doubt. I bet that is exactly what it is. I noticed that on the export Chuck
had made, but for some reason it never clicked in my head.

-- 
Jason Ingalls
Ellsworth School Department
IT Specialist
207-667-4722 Ext. 5529
jingalls (at) ellsworthschools.org


Quoting cliebow at downeast.net:

> David: Very good..Jason will be excited to give this a whirl..I ight sneak
> away tomorrow and give it a whirl..much appreciated..chuck
>
>> --- Jason Ingalls <jingalls at ellsworthschools.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I've tried that as well. I haven't tried modifying
>> > "shell folders" AND "user
>> > shell folders" yet. I'm hoping that is it.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jason Ingalls
>> > Ellsworth School Department
>> > IT Specialist
>> > 207-667-4722 Ext. 5529
>> > jingalls (at) ellsworthschools.org
>> >
>>
>>
>> Jason,
>>
>> In case you and Chuck are still trying to get this to
>> work, here's what's worked for me.
>>
>> In startup.bat I have the following:
>> c:
>> cd c:\chain
>> regedit /s c:\chain\startup.reg
>>
>> Here's my startup.reg:
>> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
>> Folders]
>> "Desktop"="P:\\Desktop"
>> "Personal"="P:\\My Documents"
>> "My Pictures"="P:\\My Documents\\My Pictures"
>> "My Music"="P:\\My Documents\\My Music"
>> "My Video"="P:\\My Documents\\My Videos"
>>
>> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
>> Shell Folders]
>> "Desktop"="P:\\Desktop"
>> "Personal"="P:\\My Documents"
>> "My Pictures"="P:\\My Documents\\My Pictures"
>> "My Music"="P:\\My Documents\\My Music"
>> "My Video"="P:\\My Documents\\My Videos"
>>
>> I based my .reg file on what I exported using
>> regedit.exe in Windows XP.  All the above directories
>> already exist on the P: drive.
>>
>> Something I noticed was that the export function used
>> "\\" instead of "\".  Perhaps that makes a difference
>> in getting the import to work when running from the
>> batch file?  Though I've only tried this in Windows
>> XP... perhaps older versions use "\".
>>
>> David
>>
>>
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