Shared Favorites

[ForestSpirit]

XP has a different Favorites folder for each individual user. Is there any
way to make all users use the same Favorites, so that no matter which user
is logged in they access the same Favorites, and any new sites added by any
user are added to that same Favorites?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi ForestSpirit,

1. Create a common Favorites folder, preferrably outside a Userprofile path.
2. Under each user account, alter the Favorites shell folder value in the
registry:

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

3. Double-click Favorites value in the right-pane and set it's Path.

 

[ForestSpirit]

The current registry value for that key reads:
%USERPROFILE%\Favorites

What do the % marks mean, and when would I need to use them?

If I put the common Favorites folder in the Windows directory (my preferred
location), would the new registry value be typed as:
C:\WINDOWS\Favorites

Hi ForestSpirit,

1. Create a common Favorites folder, preferrably outside a Userprofile path.
2. Under each user account, alter the Favorites shell folder value in the
registry:

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

3. Double-click Favorites value in the right-pane and set it's Path.

 

[george]

%USERPROFILE% stands for C:\Documents and Settings\<actual username>
If you want to find out what specific variables stand for (hold as actual
value) open a cmd prompt and type SET.

hth
george