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Change My Documents Path With VBScript

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Justin Emla #1 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript I've been working on this for days and just cant make it work. I need to be able to change the my documents path when my users log on to the network. I'm told there are only two reg keys that handle this but changing them via the reg just doesn't seem to work. example Change My Documents to: \\file\users$\jemlay reboot machine and logon with "plam" which then run a script that changes the two reg entries. Now when I go to properties on My Documents it now says \\file\users$\plam but if you double click on it, it still takes you to the old one (jemlay). Has anyone found an acceptable solution to this? Thanks
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:01:21 GMT

Torgeir Bakke #2 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript Quote: > I need to be able to change the my documents path when my users log on to > the network. I'm told there are only two reg keys that handle this but > changing them via the reg just doesn't seem to work. > example > Change My Documents to: > \\file\users$\jemlay > reboot machine and logon with "plam" which then run a script that changes > the two reg entries. > Now when I go to properties on My Documents it now says \\file\users$\plam > but if you double click on it, it still takes you to the old one (jemlay). The user will need to log off and then on again to see the change. -- torgeir
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:18:07 GMT

Justin Emla #3 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript So they have to reboot and logon twice! That stinks. So if a user walks up to the machine and turns it on then logs in (script runs), they then have to reboot and log in again just so the update works? There must be another way? After all if you change the path from the My Documents icon it works fine so there must be a way to update it realtime? Anyone? Quote: > > I need to be able to change the my documents path when my users log on to > > the network. I'm told there are only two reg keys that handle this but > > changing them via the reg just doesn't seem to work. > > example > > Change My Documents to: > > \\file\users$\jemlay > > reboot machine and logon with "plam" which then run a script that changes > > the two reg entries. > > Now when I go to properties on My Documents it now says \\file\users$\plam > > but if you double click on it, it still takes you to the old one (jemlay). > The user will need to log off and then on again to see the change. > -- > torgeir
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 06:45:48 GMT

Torgeir Bakke #4 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript Quote: > So they have to reboot and logon twice! That stinks. > So if a user walks up to the machine and turns it on then logs in (script > runs), they then have to reboot and log in again just so the update works? They do not need to reboot. A logoff/logon is good enough. Quote: > There must be another way? After all if you change the path from the My > Documents icon it works fine so there must be a way to update it realtime? Well, the My Documents icon method uses some API that refreshes the shell. If you find this API and wraps it in a COM object so you can use it from your script (or create a standalone exe that does all the job so you don't need a script), your users will not need to log off and then on again to see the change. -- torgeir
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:07:08 GMT

Justin Emla #5 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript Ugh, you just went went 1 step beyond my reach. Crash course time! Thanks for your help Torgeir Quote: > > So they have to reboot and logon twice! That stinks. > > So if a user walks up to the machine and turns it on then logs in (script > > runs), they then have to reboot and log in again just so the update works? > They do not need to reboot. A logoff/logon is good enough. > > There must be another way? After all if you change the path from the My > > Documents icon it works fine so there must be a way to update it realtime? > Well, the My Documents icon method uses some API that refreshes the shell. If > you find this API and wraps it in a COM object so you can use it from your > script (or create a standalone exe that does all the job so you don't need a > script), your users will not need to log off and then on again to see the > change. > -- > torgeir
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 07:12:09 GMT

Neil #6 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript Quote: > Ugh, you just went went 1 step beyond my reach. Crash course time! > Thanks for your help Torgeir I have done this by login script, for some users. Basically the relevant registry value is:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal It's type is REG_EXPAND_SZ. I've previously had Kixtart scripts, and used the writevalue function to set it to: %HOMESHARE%\My Documents If you are using VBScript within a Windows Script Host environment, you can use the wscript.shell object and regwrite method, eg:- <start of impromptu script...> Dim objEnv,objWSHShell Dim strHomeDir set objWSHShell=createobject("wscript.shell") set objEnv=objWSHShell.environment("process") strHomeDir=objEnv("HOMESHARE") objWSHShell.regwrite "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal",strHomeDir&"\My Documents","REG_EXPAND_SZ" set objEnv=nothing set objWSHShell=nothing <end of impromptu script...> Note: this would work as a login script (or part of), and presumes the user has a properly defined, networked, home directory. Also, I'm using the abbreviation HKCU - which is valid syntax. I note WSH stuff is probably not explicitly within the remit of this newsgroup, as there is a separate newsgroup for it, but given you're using vbscript, and probably using WSH, it's a reasonable assumption that it's relevant to you. HTH Neil
Mon, 08 Nov 2004 17:17:21 GMT

Justin Emla #7 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript My current script work to change the users My documents path, the problem was that it doesn't update until after the user reboot after running the script: dim WSHShell, WSHNetwork dim MyDoc1SubKey, MyDoc2SubKey Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Set WSHNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network") MyDoc1SubKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Personal" MyDoc2SubKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal" WScript.Sleep 3000 NewRegValueMyDoc = "\\file\users$\" & WSHNetwork.Username WSHShell.RegWrite MyDoc1SubKey, NewRegValueMyDoc WSHShell.RegWrite MyDoc2SubKey, NewRegValueMyDoc Are you saying that what you propose below will not require a reboot? Thanks for all your help guys! Quote: > > Ugh, you just went went 1 step beyond my reach. Crash course time! > > Thanks for your help Torgeir > I have done this by login script, for some users. > Basically the relevant registry value is:- > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User > Shell Folders\Personal > It's type is REG_EXPAND_SZ. > I've previously had Kixtart scripts, and used the writevalue function to set > it to: %HOMESHARE%\My Documents > If you are using vbscript within a Windows Script Host environment, you can > use the wscript.shell object and regwrite method, eg:- > <start of impromptu script...> > Dim objEnv,objWSHShell > Dim strHomeDir > set objWSHShell=createobject("wscript.shell") > set objEnv=objWSHShell.environment("process") > strHomeDir=objEnv("HOMESHARE") > objWSHShell.regwrite > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell > Folders\Personal",strHomeDir&"\My Documents","REG_EXPAND_SZ" > set objEnv=nothing > set objWSHShell=nothing > <end of impromptu script...> > Note: this would work as a login script (or part of), and presumes the user > has a properly defined, networked, home directory. Also, I'm using the > abbreviation HKCU - which is valid syntax. I note WSH stuff is probably not > explicitly within the remit of this newsgroup, as there is a separate > newsgroup for it, but given you're using vbscript, and probably using WSH, > it's a reasonable assumption that it's relevant to you. > HTH > Neil
Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:49:22 GMT

Justin Emla #8 / 8	Change My Documents Path With VBScript OK, I see the problem!!!!!!!!! If you set this info after login then a reboot is needed. However if you set this info during login then NO reboot is needed. Now what I have noticed is that this info is NOT available at login "WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")" If I try to plug this information in during login then I get an error because it doesn't exist yet. So I have a sleep for 3000 put in to wait a little then run. This makes it run AFTER login so thats why it's not working. Any one know of a different way to grab the login name??? Thanks Quote: > > Ugh, you just went went 1 step beyond my reach. Crash course time! > > Thanks for your help Torgeir > I have done this by login script, for some users. > Basically the relevant registry value is:- > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User > Shell Folders\Personal > It's type is REG_EXPAND_SZ. > I've previously had Kixtart scripts, and used the writevalue function to set > it to: %HOMESHARE%\My Documents > If you are using vbscript within a Windows Script Host environment, you can > use the wscript.shell object and regwrite method, eg:- > <start of impromptu script...> > Dim objEnv,objWSHShell > Dim strHomeDir > set objWSHShell=createobject("wscript.shell") > set objEnv=objWSHShell.environment("process") > strHomeDir=objEnv("HOMESHARE") > objWSHShell.regwrite > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell > Folders\Personal",strHomeDir&"\My Documents","REG_EXPAND_SZ" > set objEnv=nothing > set objWSHShell=nothing > <end of impromptu script...> > Note: this would work as a login script (or part of), and presumes the user > has a properly defined, networked, home directory. Also, I'm using the > abbreviation HKCU - which is valid syntax. I note WSH stuff is probably not > explicitly within the remit of this newsgroup, as there is a separate > newsgroup for it, but given you're using vbscript, and probably using WSH, > it's a reasonable assumption that it's relevant to you. > HTH > Neil
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:11:55 GMT

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