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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Customization / March 2008Redirecting special folders for multiple users to one location.
Windows XP sets up special folders (including the favourites folder) for each user in their area on the home computer. You can redirect them using Tweak UI. However, Tweak UI gives the following warning: "Carelessly changing your special folders may make your system unusable. For example, don't set two special folders equal to each other, or set a special folder equal to a system folder like the Fonts folder. Continue changing special folders?" I already read "How to redirect special folders in Windows XP?" (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/RedirectFolders.htm), but this article does not give an answer to the above mentioned warning. Questions: (1) Can you set up a shared special folder "favourites" where several users (separate logins under Windows XP) can have access to using the normal procedure in IE7 [e.g. add to Favorites Center]? (2) Can you combine this with a private special "favourites" folder? I look forward to advice on this matter. Kind regards. "Can you set up a shared special folder "favourites" where several users (separate logins under Windows XP) can have access to using the normal procedure in IE7 [e.g. add to Favorites Center]?" Windows makes this E-Z: Add your chosen Favorites to the All Users account: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites "Can you combine this with a private special "favourites" folder?" When you follow the above E-Z procedure, each user's Favorite Center will be a seamless combination of the All Users Favorites and their own personal Favorites. Moreover, users without Administrator permissions will not be able to change or delete the All Users Favorites. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > Windows XP sets up special folders (including the favourites folder) for each > user in their area on the home computer. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Kind regards. Hi, Thank you for your advice. However, I already tried your suggestion. I checked it again, but this not work with me. In the past I redirected the favourites folders of "User X" and the "Administrator"-account to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites" (even to a new not-system-folder "Fav All Users" [exact words]) using TweakUI. However, I experienced severe problems with my PC after that. I had to re-install my system twice. Currently, I am working on a "fresh" system. I don't know whether the redirection was the cause of the problem, but the TweakUI-warning "don't set two special folders equal to each other" raised questions. So, I already searched the internet for about a day or so. I did not find an answer. Kind regards. > "Can you set up a shared special folder "favourites" where several users > (separate logins under Windows XP) can have access to using the normal [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > > > Kind regards. The method I described is how XP was designed to work, and it works just fine for me. I can't predict what effect your redirections may have had on the outcome. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >>> >>> Kind regards. Your suggestion is the solution! Although I am working on a "fresh" Windows XP-system at the moment, I checked your method with the computer of my neighbour. It did not work with her computer either. I also checked whether my "All Users"-favorites folder does have a "DESKTOP.INI"-file. This is not the case. Could that be the reason? For your understanding I did not made any redirections at the moment [nor with TweakUI nor with FolderRedirector (MVPS)]. Kind regards. > The method I described is how XP was designed to work, and it works just > fine for me. I can't predict what effect your redirections may have had [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] > >>> > >>> Kind regards. I'm very glad you got it sorted out. The 'hidden' desktop.ini file is a system file that describes the characteristics of a folder. For example, it tells Windows to put the musical note background image in your My Music folder. --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > Your suggestion is the solution! Although I am working on a "fresh" Windows > XP-system at the moment, I checked your method with the computer of my [quoted text clipped - 77 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards. If this is the solution: 1) how do I make a "DESKTOP.INI"-file for my "All Users" "Favorites"-folder (and/or any other special folder)? 2) do I have to make any changes in the registry? Thanking you in advance. Kind regards. > I'm very glad you got it sorted out. > [quoted text clipped - 87 lines] > >>>>> > >>>>> Kind regards. Desktop.ini specifies how a folder looks. It doesn't do anything else. You'll get plenty of information from a web search using the term: customize desktop.ini Here's one hit to start you off: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776832(VS.85).aspx --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est > If this is the solution: > [quoted text clipped - 98 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kind regards. Hi, I read your advice and other articles, but it still won't worked with me. I did the following: 1) created a " DESKTOP.INI "-file in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorieten [In English: The Favorites] containing the following information: [.ShellClassInfo] IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll IconIndex=-173 2) Made the "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorieten"-folder a system folder: Start - Run - "CMD" C: CD\ CD Documents and Settings CD All Users CD Favorieten attrib +s This was the long way (for security reasons) for "attrib +s C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorieten". Questions: 1) Must the syntax for the "DESKTOP.INI"-file be: [.ShellClassInfo] IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll IconIndex=-173 LocalizedResourceName=@shell32.dll,-12693 2) How do I make the "DESKTOP.INI"-file a system-file as stated in https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb776832(VS.85).aspx ? 3) Must I first make a "DESKTOP.INI"-file and then make the "Favorites"-folder a system folder OR reverse. Thanking you in advance. Kind regards. > Desktop.ini specifies how a folder looks. It doesn't do anything else. > You'll get plenty of information from a web search using the term: [quoted text clipped - 109 lines] > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Kind regards. |
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