Hi Tim,

I see your point about the Windows folder.
I guess I'll disable the user's write access to all folders and only allow
writing to the special folders which I will redirect.

Thanks.
"Tim Meddick" wrote in message
...

I don't quite understand what you are asking here?

"do the same for every single folder on the machine" ?

Once you specify a network folder for "My Documents" any file (or folder
"hierarchy") that user creates or places into "My Documents" will
subsequently be on the network drive.

You certainly cannot have the WINDOWS folder on a remote machine, for
instance, so what exactly do you mean by "for every single folder" ??

Have you read up on "Roaming Profiles" by any chance?

Making profiles and their userdata (which can include the "My Docs"
folder) stay on the server is called having roaming profiles.

This could be a more relevant solution given what it is (I think) you are
wanting, as most of a profile's userdata remains located on the server...

However, I have never set up a roaming profile so you'd have to read up on
this yourself if you think it might be for you.

==

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




"Kodjo Stiles" wrote in message
...
Thanks a lot Tim.
This goes a long way towards solving my problem.

I still would like to do the same for every single folder on the machine;
not only the shell's special folder. Might there be a programmatic way to
do this?

"Tim Meddick" wrote in message
...
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.

==


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




"Kodjo Stiles" wrote in message
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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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