Re: Policy for My Network Places

Chris White wrote:
Yikes 8o)

Looks can be deceiving. It's really much simpler than it seems, but good
reading (and a nice safe test lab) are very helpful.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810739/en-us

Lot's of help with GPOs in the microsoft.public.windows.server.group_policy
newsgroup too for just these kinds of queries.


Perhaps I better grab a book or something more in depth on Group
Policy before encorporating such stuff. All looks a bit daunting and
scary at the moment.

I'm also struggling in how to make Remote Access VPN / Wireless
clients pickup a new copy of the Group Policy. I'm not sure how it
works in that sense, i.e. does a client who connects to the VPN
successfully pickup a new copy of the GP's, does a Wireless client
who enters into the range of the Wireless and connects sucessfully
pickup a new copy of the GP, even though that laptop is already
logged in prior to wireless connection.

Thanks for all the help.

Chris White wrote:
I looked at the policies for Folder Re-direction and there isn't a
facility to add my own folders for re-direction?

The only folders I can re-direct via Group Policy are App Data,
Desktop, My Docs and Start Menu apparently.

(GPO>User Config>Windows Settings>Folder Redirection>...)

Any clues how I could accomplish the copying of the Network Places
to Nethood like you suggested KJ?

Cheers.



To redirect you'd need a custom ADM file or a .reg mod like;

The registry settings to redirect special folders are in this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

CATEGORY "Custom Folder Redirection"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders"

POLICY "Custom Application Data Folder"
PART "Path to User's Application Data
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data"
VALUENAME "AppData"
END PART
PART "Not recommended if using multiple Windows OSes
with roaming profiles." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Internet Cache Folder"
PART "Path to User's Internet Cache
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary
Internet Files"
VALUENAME "Cache"
END PART
PART "It is best to simply exempt Local Settings from
Roaming Profiles" TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Internet Cookies Folder"
PART "Path to User's Internet Cookies
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Cookies"
VALUENAME "Cookies"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Desktop Folder"
PART "Path to User's Desktop Folder - NOTE: Use
winnt.adm policy if
used." EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
VALUENAME "Desktop"
END PART
PART "NOTE: If using winnt.adm policy, adjust that
policy instead." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Internet Favorites Folder"
PART "Path to User's Internet Favorites
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Favorites"
VALUENAME "Favorites"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Internet History Folder"
PART "Path to User's Internet History
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History"
VALUENAME "History"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Local Application Data Folder"
PART "Path to Local Application Data
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Application Data"
VALUENAME "Local AppData"
END PART
PART "It is best to simply exempt Local Settings from
Roaming Profiles" TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Local Settings Folder"
PART "Path to User's Local Settings
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings"
VALUENAME "Local Settings"
END PART
PART "It is best to simply exempt Local Settings from
Roaming Profiles" TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom My Music Folder"
PART "Path to User's My Music
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Music"
VALUENAME "My Music"
END PART
END POLICY


POLICY "Custom My Pictures Folder"
PART "Path to User's My Pictures
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My
Pictures"
VALUENAME "My Pictures"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom My Videos Folder"
PART "Path to User's My Videos
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Videos"
VALUENAME "My Videos"
END PART
END POLICY


POLICY "Custom NetHood Folder"
PART "Path to Network Neighborhood
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\NetHood"
VALUENAME "NetHood"
END PART
PART "NOTE: If using winnt.adm policy, adjust that
policy also." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom My Documents Folder"
PART "Path to User's My Documents
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents"
VALUENAME "Personal"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom PrintHood Folder"
PART "Path to User's PrintHood
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood"
VALUENAME "PrintHood"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Programs Folder"
PART "Path to User's Programs
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs"
VALUENAME "Programs"
END PART
PART "NOTE: If using winnt.adm policy, adjust that
policy also." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Recent Folder"
PART "Path to User's Recent
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Recent"
VALUENAME "Recent"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom SendTo Folder"
PART "Path to User's SendTo
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"
VALUENAME "SendTo"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom StartMenu Folder"
PART "Path to User's StartMenu
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu"
VALUENAME "Start Menu"
END PART
PART "NOTE: If using winnt.adm policy, adjust that
policy also." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Startup Folder"
PART "Path to User's Startup
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Startup"
VALUENAME "Startup"
END PART
PART "NOTE: If using winnt.adm policy, adjust that
policy also." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Custom Templates Folder"
PART "Path to User's Templates
Folder" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "%USERPROFILE%\Templates"
VALUENAME "Templates"
END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Do NOT Sync Redirected Folders"
KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetCache"
VALUENAME "DisableFRAdminPin"
PART "Ensure Windows Does NOT Sync above Redirected
Folders" TEXT END PART PART
" during Logout on Windows XP. Select this when
redirecting" TEXT END PART
PART " any folders, alternatively Disable Offline Files
(Below)." TEXT END PART
END POLICY

POLICY "Disable Offline Files"
KEYNAME "Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetCache"
VALUENAME "NoConfigCache"
PART "Disable All Offline Folder Features." TEXT
END PART
END POLICY

END CATEGORY ;Custom Folder Redirection


as for copying, just use the "%USERPROFILE%\nethood" as the target
like in a login script


Chris White wrote:
Hi All,

Is there anyway I can set a default series of "Places" on My
Network Places for each user. I want to add a default set of
locations on our network to make sure every user has the
necessary links available and know where everything is. I am
making constant additions with DFSR and the Windows 2003 Server
R2 file server's on the network and want to be able to update and
add additional "places" to the users workstations.

Is there anyway to do this?

Well, if you really want to do this, a login script should be able
to copy a repository of 'Places' to the users nethood folder. Or,
you might be able to redirect the users %USERPROFILE%\Nethood
folder to a network share and then you could do the copy to all
users folders at once.

Just some ideas, not something I do though. Hope it helps.

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