I think so, at least at my work's computers all roaming profiles have as their "My
Documents" folder a folder on a network drive, albeit different ones for each user in
this instance.

Try typing the full network [UNC] path to the shared "documents" folder into the
registry value :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"Personal"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents"

....noting that the path above is only a fictitious example.

You may also need to change some other values under the same key :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders]
"My Pictures"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My
Pictures"
"My Music"="\\RemotePC\$C\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Music"

....you could create a reg-file with the modified paths for the registry values
[above] and import it in each profile on each PC that you want to share the same
network folder as their "My Documents" folder....

Explanation : XP machines are directed to their "My Documents" folder by the value
in the registry shown above called "Personal", by changing this value on all your
machines (and profiles on them), you effectively "re-direct" those machines into
using a shared single folder for their "My Documents". However, if you change this
value and don't change the values under the same key for "My Music" and "My Pictures"
those destinations will remain on the local drive.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Kodjo Stiles" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is it possible to redirect all folders on a machine to a different one over
the network (a share on a server)?
I have many users using the same machine and would like all of them to store
and retrieve their documents on a newtwork share.
So, somebody accessing for example c:\some\local\path would in fact be
accessing a folder such as \\server\sharename that I would have specified.

Thanks,
Kodjo



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