How to share Favorites between all user accounts?

[John7]

I like to share certain Internet Favorites between all user accounts.

Tried to move Favorites to 'All users' account but unlike
the Start Menu, All users' Favorites does not show up in all user accounts.

Tried a shortcut, works for using Internet links but 'Add to Favorites'
doesn't work.

Any suggestions?
John7

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I like to share certain Internet Favorites between all user accounts.

Tried to move Favorites to 'All users' account but unlike
the Start Menu, All users' Favorites does not show up in all user accounts.

Tried a shortcut, works for using Internet links but 'Add to Favorites'
doesn't work.

Any suggestions?
John7

Hi,

E.g. with regedit.exe, edit the Favorites registry value under the
registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion \Explorer\Shell Folders\ to point to a common folder.

You need to do this for each user account.

 

[John7]

Hi,

E.g. with regedit.exe, edit the Favorites registry value under the
registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion \Explorer\Shell Folders\ to point to a common folder.

You need to do this for each user account.



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Thx for responding.

Your solution would change the general Favorites path.
Actually I would like each user to have his personal favorites
PLUS one common sub folder in Favorites.

John7

 

[David Candy]

Not in XP as such. You could try putting a reparse point in each users favourites to a common folder. Dunno if it will work.


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LinkD is a command-line tool that links an NTFS file system folder to a target object. If the source and destination folders are targeted to a mapped drive (to a remote computer share), LinkD reports that a successful link is created but the reparse does not work. LinkD grafts the target name directly into the name space at the specified source directory. The source directory subsequently acts as a name-surrogate or junction point, standing in for the target object in the directory tree.

The source directory:

a.. Must reside on a drive formatted with NTFS 3.0.
b.. Must be empty
The destination or target:

a.. Can be any valid Microsoft Windows directory name, device name, or object name.
b.. Both the source and target must reside on drive(s) attached to the same machine. LinkD will not work across machines.
When the target name does not resolve to a directory or a device, open calls fail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

 

[John7]

David,

Linkd did the job.
Thx for pointing me to this tool.
Never knew it existed.

John7


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Not in XP as such. You could try putting a reparse point in each users
favourites to a common folder. Dunno if it will work.


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LinkD is a command-line tool that links an NTFS file system folder to a
target object. If the source and destination folders are targeted to a
mapped drive (to a remote computer share), LinkD reports that a successful
link is created but the reparse does not work. LinkD grafts the target name
directly into the name space at the specified source directory. The source
directory subsequently acts as a name-surrogate or junction point, standing
in for the target object in the directory tree.

The source directory:

a.. Must reside on a drive formatted with NTFS 3.0.
b.. Must be empty
The destination or target:

a.. Can be any valid Microsoft Windows directory name, device name, or
object name.
b.. Both the source and target must reside on drive(s) attached to the
same machine. LinkD will not work across machines.
When the target name does not resolve to a directory or a device, open calls
fail.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en