Re: User Folders



Yep, you can use %username% in roaming profile path, for example, and it
will be substituted with actual username when creating the folder for
roaming profile.

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Dmitry Korolyov [d__k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
MVP: Windows Server - Directory Services


"Greg Remer" <GregRemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:858AD063-40D8-4616-A065-8518684BB732@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Guys,
>
> I was wondering, i have taken over a clients network and seen something
> that
> i can find very useful.
>
> When i create a new user in active directory, the go to the clients
> machine
> and logon with that user, the my documents folder is automatically mapped
> to
> a shared users directory with there username for example;
>
> SERVER\USERS\JOE.BLOGGS
>
> I would love to find out how he or she did that?
>
> If so can i also create it for when i setup a new user it create a roaming
> profile path?
>
> Regards
> Greg Remer


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