Play with registry or can do with control panel?
Posted: 04-19-2006, 02:03 PM
My question is about the Desktop folder and the Favorites folder inside
the local profile of XP users. The question is: Can these folders be
redirected to a different drive instead of the C:\Documents and
Settings\<user> folder? Can this be done using the Control Panels
and/or by playing inside the Registry?
In my workplace LAN, there's a file server and a bunch of clients
running Win XP Pro each. Any staff can log on to any client PC, and
this is random everyday. Upon login, he/she sees an N: drive with a
folder in his/her name to store documents. Obviously, the N: drive is a
shared folder from the server mapped on the client.
Despite all directions to staff to store their files on the N: drive,
many forgot and left important and/or huge files/folders on their
desktop. In many instance, this ate the C: drive space, when a staff
goes for the first time on a certain client, his/her huge roaming
profile won't fit in the remaining space, i.e. unable to login. I had
to go manually as Administrator to delete unacceptably-huge local
profiles in order to retrieve some space on the C: drive.
My idea is to assign the Desktop forlder, the Favorites folder, and the
Application Data folder to the N:\<user> instead of the C:\Documents
and Settings\<user> if possible. I know this can be done for the My
Documents folder so I hope you have a solution for the other key
folders of the person's local profile.
Thanks gurus in advance.



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