Logon Script for adding Network Home Directory 1

[thegirlofsteel]

Hi,

How can I add a logon script to put a desktop shortcut to their network home drive?

 

[lhuegele]

Can you be more specific on what the problem is? Can you give more details on what exactly you're trying to do?

Thanks,

 

[thegirlofsteel]

We are migrating to Windows 2003 servers and I want to make sure our users save their documents from "My Documents" onto their home directory on our server for backup. I want to add a folder on their desktop that maps their home directory to their computer and then run a script to copy My documents from their local hard drive to the server. The reason why I want to put the icon on the desktop is because in case they have other items they need to have saved that aren't in "My Documents"

 

[Titleist]

thegirlofsteel,

You can use a Group Policy to redirect the users "My Documents" to a network share. It's found at User Configuration > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection > My Documents. Users can then continue to save everything as normal without the confusion of another icon to totally mess them up.

HTH

 

[porkchopexpress]

I agree with Titleist folder redirection should solve your problem it will take a while to copy accross the work the first time but then all other work saved to My Docs will be sent to the server.

 

[markdmac]

thegirlofsteel,

Check out my Login Scritp FAQ. faq329-5798

It shows how to create shortcuts on the desktop at login.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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