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Folder Redirection for Favorites
I have a windows server 2003 network and I use the folder redirection for all the users ‘My Documents’ and love it. Is there anything like that for the IE Favorites? If not I was thinking a start up and shut down script would do it, copy the favorites to the local computer upon login and overwrite them on the server upon log out. If there isn’t anything to do this automatically in Server 2003, can I have some help writing this script? Thanks
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nope, I was hoping to save all the users favorities, not just the ones I assign in each group policy.
You can implement profile redirection as described in the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/management/manage_faq.mspx
It will effectively copy favorites and other profile based settings to the network and back to the workstation when somebody logs on or off of the network. Generally this is only used for individuals that change workstations frequently. I have also seen this cause problems for laptop users. Desktop profile and my docs redirection all fail when not connected to the network causing a lot of annoying error messages.
If you want to set up a logon and log off batch file to just copy favorites you could do something like this:
Create a batch file called logon.bat or edit an existing logon script on your domain and add the following line:
copy \\servername\sharename\%us
Now create or edit the logoff script to read
copy %userprofile%\favorites \\servername\sharename\%us
This can all be done with group policy. See the following link for more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=198642
The one catch with this method is that you need to get the favorites initially copied to the network share to work properly. Test the process on one or two users to make sure it works and of course, back up the favorites before testing. Questions, comments, suggestions? Let me know.
Crow
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/community/centers/management/manage_faq.mspx
It will effectively copy favorites and other profile based settings to the network and back to the workstation when somebody logs on or off of the network. Generally this is only used for individuals that change workstations frequently. I have also seen this cause problems for laptop users. Desktop profile and my docs redirection all fail when not connected to the network causing a lot of annoying error messages.
If you want to set up a logon and log off batch file to just copy favorites you could do something like this:
Create a batch file called logon.bat or edit an existing logon script on your domain and add the following line:
copy \\servername\sharename\%us
Now create or edit the logoff script to read
copy %userprofile%\favorites \\servername\sharename\%us
This can all be done with group policy. See the following link for more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=198642
The one catch with this method is that you need to get the favorites initially copied to the network share to work properly. Test the process on one or two users to make sure it works and of course, back up the favorites before testing. Questions, comments, suggestions? Let me know.
Crow
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SamuraiCrow: how about a script in VB?
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Sembee, I like that way. Thanks.
User config- windows settings- internet explorer maintenance- favorites and links
This really doesn't re-direct the folder, but you can add specific favorites that would show up for all users.