Redirect Favorites to a network drive

[Guest]

I would like to set my users up to have their favorites folder in their user
directory instead of c:\documents and settings\user\favorites. I was able to
accomplish this in windows 98 by replacing their favorites folder on the c:
drive with a shortcut to the users network drive (h:\favorites). In XP, you
can do this for your My Documents folder, but not favorites. Is there a
registry hack for this, or some other way of making it possible?

Thanks!

 

[Alan Edwards]

I haven't tried this in XP but it worked in Win98 to set favorites on
a network drive:
Export the keys first for safety.

You can change the value of Favorites in the Registry in these
two keys: (ignore the second if the value is not there)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

....Alan

 

[Alan Edwards]

No, I don't want.
You are replying to me instead of the OP for some reason.
While I am using a newsreader and can see your attachment, the OP is
using the CDO web interface and will not see any attachments.

....Alan

 

[Guest]

Thank you both for your ideas. If you want to email me the zip file, my
email address is (e-mail address removed).

Thanks again!

 

[Guest]

Alan,

When made this change in regedit (in XP), as soon as I close out and go back
into regedit, the changes I made are not there. It reverts back to default
(c:\docs and settings\user\favorites). I'll try de Graff's zip file when I
recieve it and I'll let you both know if it works.

Thanks!

 

[Alan Edwards]

Odd?
Perhaps you have another similar entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?
The only other cause I know of that happening is an incorrect entry
but I will do a bit of research if necessary after you get the zip as
I am sure there are other causes.

....Alan

 

[Alan Edwards]

Just in case de Graff doesn't send it to you, I will send it now.
It looks like you will have to do a bit of editing of the files.

....Alan

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Alan,

The OP has to modify the "User Shell Folders" value actually.

To techiegirl:

See paragraph "The Favorites Shell Folders path reverts back ?" in this page
for additional checkpoints:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/iefaq.htm

"Shell Folders" is obsolete, and it's available because of backward
compability. Note that older programs still use this registry key. Finest
example would be MSINFO32.

The Old New Thing : The long and sad story of the Shell Folders key:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/11/03/55532.aspx

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Odd?
Perhaps you have another similar entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?
The only other cause I know of that happening is an incorrect entry
but I will do a bit of research if necessary after you get the zip as
I am sure there are other causes.

....Alan

 

[Alan Edwards]

Hi Ramesh

Thanks. Sometimes I feel like Shell Folders myself.
The blog is interesting reading.

....Alan

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No problem, Alan.

LOL!

I always felt like "User Shell Folders" myself, and that's the reason I
could not find a fix for the MSINFO32 problem documented here:
(http://windowsxp.mvps.org/msinfofix.htm.) The moment when I felt like
"Shell Folders", I could find the fix, and could write a script for that
easily.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi Ramesh

Thanks. Sometimes I feel like Shell Folders myself.
The blog is interesting reading.

....Alan