[K12OSN] OT: easy way to move "documents and settings" folder?

[Rob Owens]

I'm looking to move the entire Documents and Settings folder, not just
My Documents.  Does your method affect the entire Documents and Settings
folder?  If so, then I'll give it a try.

-Rob

Brian Chivers wrote:
> Sorry if I'm being a little slow here but aren't all the folders in
> doc's & settings controlled by one section of the registry ??
> 
> What we do is alter the location of My Doc's at login by using a login
> script that just alters the following in there registry
> 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Folders
> 
> and
> 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders
> 
> My doc's is the key called "Personal" so I have a kixscript that does this
> 
> :alter_my_docs
>    ;************************************************
>    ;*         - Alter My Documents -        *
>    ;************************************************
>   
> $ikey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
> Folders"
>        IF (WriteValue($ikey,"Personal",$mydocs,"REG_SZ") <> 0) 
>            ? "Update error MyDocuments @error: @serror"
>        ENDIF
>   
> $ikey="HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders"
>        IF (WriteValue($ikey,"Personal",$mydocs,"REG_SZ") <> 0) 
>            ? "Update error MyDocuments @error: @serror"
>        ENDIF
> RETURN
> 
> where $mydocs = there P: drive (why P:, p for personal :-) )
> 
> If you look at the Samba How to they have a whole section on "Folder
> Redirection" have a look at this
> 
> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_&_Windows_Profiles#Folder_Redirection
> 
> &
> 
> http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/happy.html#redirfold
> 
> Something we also do is to use poledit to remove all files except for
> "favourites" (could alter registry to store this on there P: drive) from
> the users profile and delete profiles as they logout so keeping what's
> held in there roaming profile to a minimum.
> 
> If you'd like a complete copy of the login.kix script let me know.
> 
> Brian
> 
> Doug Simpson wrote:
>> For teachers, they will learn after their "profile" disappears a few
>> times to put their stuff in their H drive.
>>
>> For students, we had linux/samba set up and I had my samba server set
>> up so that their profile was stored on the server but as soon as they
>> logged out, samba deleted the server copy of their profile. Then, we
>> had DriveShield (similar to DeepFreeze without the lockup problems)
>> installed and once the computers were rebooted, they came back clean.
>> . .(no local profiles, either) MAJOR space saver!!!!!!on the server
>> and the workstation.
>>
>> If you would like assistance with setting this up in samba (the
>> client-side stuff is a different animal) let me know and I can give
>> you pointers and examples to make ti clean those wasteful profiles off
>> the server at least. Then you can decide how to handle the client-side
>> cleanup.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> Doug Simpson
>> Technology Specialist
>> De Queen Public Schools
>> De Queen, AR
>> simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
>>
>>  
>>>>> Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> 9/19/2007 12:24 PM >>>
>>>>>         
>> Huck is of no use here as well...sorry :(
>> I only know of the other because when using Samba with roaming
>> profiles...when staff members put all of their files in My
>> Documents(the default location)...their login and logout times stretch
>> over a millennium it seems...and for some reason they do NOT listen
>> when you request/explain/ask/nudge/encourage them to save to the
>> NETWORK drive(s).
>>
>> --Huck
>>
>> Jim Kronebusch wrote:
>>  
>>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:07:29 -0400, Rob Owens wrote
>>>    
>>>> Jim and Huck, thanks for the responses.  But I want to move not just
>>>> "My
>>>> Documents", but the entire Documents and Settings folder.  The
>>>> reason is
>>>> that things like temporary internet files, etc. are filling up the very
>>>> small C drive on my terminal server.  Users are instructed to save all
>>>> of their "stuff" on a network drive anyway, so My Documents doesn't
>>>> actually take up much space.
>>>>
>>>> Also, to be clear, I'd like to set it up so that all new users get
>>>> their
>>>> settings put in d:\documents and settings\username
>>>>
>>>> -Rob
>>>>       
>>> Ahh, my apologies.  I misread your original email which was very
>>> clear in stating you
>>> wanted to move Documents and Settings.  Can't say I can help you there. 
>>> Jim
>>>
>>>     
>>
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