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Unfortunately not. The recent documents list is stored on a per-user basis and is not editable by a script. What you *can* do is create a CNAME record in DNS to have requests for the old server go to the new one. But this only works for some access types (SMB works) and can only be done if the old server is no longer in service, as creating such a CNAME would break any roles still located on the old server.
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Unfortunately not. The recent documents list is stored on a per-user basis and is not editable by a script. What you *can* do is create a CNAME record in DNS to have requests for the old server go to the new one. But this only works for some access types (SMB works) and can only be done if the old server is no longer in service, as creating such a CNAME would break any roles still located on the old server.

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I forgot to post details. I've used the Windows 2000 RSK tool regfind with something along<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40624741-1">regfind -y \\oldserver\share -r \\newserver\share
REM or, less selective:
regfind -y \\oldserver\ -r \\newserver\</code></pre>
Links (e.g. program shortcuts) pointing to the old server are more difficult to change. I've assembled a PowerShell script for that purpose, but it is more difficult to adjust.
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I forgot to post details. I've used the Windows 2000 RSK tool regfind with something along


regfind -y \\oldserver\share -r \\newserver\share
REM or, less selective:
regfind -y \\oldserver\ -r \\newserver\

Links (e.g. program shortcuts) pointing to the old server are more difficult to change. I've assembled a PowerShell script for that purpose, but it is more difficult to adjust.

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I just migrated share data from server 2003 to server 2012.<br />
The links to recent documents in the users Office suite still point documents from the old server.<br />
Is there a script or tool that can change the recent documents links to point to the new server.<br />
The share folder structure is identical to that of the old server.
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I just migrated share data from server 2003 to server 2012.
The links to recent documents in the users Office suite still point documents from the old server.
Is there a script or tool that can change the recent documents links to point to the new server.
The share folder structure is identical to that of the old server.

recent office document links no longer work after file server migration

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.