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Create the same folder in everyone's home folder

Hi,

I would like a script that will create the same folder in every user's home area. So I would like to create "Folder1" in \\server1\user1\Documents\ \\server1\user2\Documents \\server1\user9999\Documents ...

But only create this folder if it doesn't already exist.

Is this possible?

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sirbounty

Assuming you can get to the server console, this should do it...remove the 'echo' on the last line to make it happen.
If you can't get to the console, map a network drive to the c$ of the remote server:
net use L: \\server1\c$
then adjust the 2nd line of the code to read
cd /d L:\users

@echo off
cd /d c:\users

for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /ad /b') do call :process "%%~fa"
goto :eof

:process
set fld=%1

if /i "%fld:~10,-1%" == "All Users" goto :eof
if /i "%fld:~10,-1%" == "Default User" goto :eof
if /i "%fld:~10,-1%" == "Public" goto :eof

echo Creating folder for %fld%
if not exist %fld:~0,-1%\Documents\Folder1" echo md %fld:~0,-1%\Documents\Folder1"

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sirbounty

Bah - didn't know oBdA was awake...forgot to refresh, sorry. :^)

Bill Prew

Could be done right at a command line with a simple command like:

for /D %F in ("\\servername\basedir\*.*") do (md "%~F\Documents\Folder1" >NUL 2>NUL)

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or in a BAT file as:

for /D %%F in ("\\servername\basedir\*.*") do (md "%%~F\Documents\Folder1" >NUL 2>NUL)

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~bp

Net-Eng99

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@oBdA thanks for your solution, I tried that one and it worked perfectly!

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Net-Eng99

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Spot on solution - excellent!