Re: Address Book for All Users Points to the Same wab file

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The %homepath% is displaying correctly ... I think this has something to do
with user creation. Whenever a user - ANY USER - is created, the registry
entry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name

is populated with

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\Administrator.wab

But, it is my understanding that this should be

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Address
Book\%username%.wab

Right? How does Windows XP define this variable during user creation?


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> You seem to be logging on as Administrator.
>
> %homepath% is an environment variable that is the path to the user's home
> directory. I.e C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here
>
> To see...
> Start | Run | Type or paste this in the box and click OK...
>
> %homepath%
>
> I'll bet a nickel that %homepath% will bring up
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator
>
> If you are correctly creating new accounts, it sounds like you are not
> logging on into those accounts.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:472641F5-0EBA-41CE-B580-BE8BD80C60D3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> OrangeRev <OrangeRev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> > Just got a new computer to replace my failed one, and I'm having problems
> > with the Address Book and, as a result, Outlook Express.
> >
> > When creating additional user accounts via User Accounts on the Control
> > Panel(Administrator or Limited types), Windows XP does not seem to create
> > an address book unique to the new user. Instead, all accounts are
> > pointing to C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
> > Data\Microsoft\Address Book\Administrator.wab ... and I can't seem to
> > get the address book to point anywhere else (this file is read-only for
> > all users except the administrator).
> >
> > With my previous computer, Windows XP always created separate *.wab files
> > within each user account's section of Documents and Settings ... yet my
> > new computer's Windows XP is forcing everyone to the same wab file (and
> > it isn't accessible unless a user has administrator privileges).
> >
> > Something seems wrong here ... how do I create separate address books - or
> > separated wab files within the user's read/write section of Documents and
> > Settings? Do I have a setting messed up somewhere?
>
>
.

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