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$homepath is the mapped drive. &nbsp;<br />
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$pathtoshare is the UNC path where the directory is being created<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42539066-1"><span>New-Item -type directory -path $pathToShare|Out-Null</span>
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Thanks for the reply Dustin. &nbsp;I'm still a little confused regarding the $homepath / mapped drive question. &nbsp;Is there an equivalent field on the user property sheet in ADUC? &nbsp;Like under the &quot;Profile&quot; tab for example? &nbsp;(Like the <b>Home folder</b> section under the <b>Profile </b>tab)
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your script is not working?<br />
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or what is problem?
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Mahesh - I'm trying to customize this script I found online, but I'm not exactly sure what I need to do to customize this part.
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As others have said, the line:<br />
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$pathToShare=&quot;\\acmenet01\<wbr />f$\Users\$<wbr />user&quot;<br />
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Is specifying where you want the user home directory share created. &nbsp;This script creates a SHARED home directory, so each user gets their own unique share, not just a directory under a single shared folder.<br />
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When you create users with a script, you have to create the directory yourself, and then (optionally) share it out, which is what this script is doing. &nbsp;But to create a share, you have to tell the WMI command where you want it created on the server, then you can put it into the user object in AD. &nbsp;The location of the share is not stored in AD, its part of the newly created share, ie on Share Properties.
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I think I'm pretty clear on the $pathtoshare part now... &nbsp;What confusion remains though is with the $homepath. &nbsp;What does that do?
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That's exactly what I was looking for - thanks Kevin!
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I pulled this off Technet and I'm a little confused as to the purpose of line 4 &quot;$homepath&quot;. &nbsp;How does it differ from line 7 &quot;$pathToShare&quot;? &nbsp;I'm just not sure how to customize this part of the script.<br />
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-10-29095488-1"><span>function CreateHomeDir</span>
<span>{</span>
<span>   Param([string]$user)</span>
<span>   $homepath=&quot;X:\Users\$user&quot;</span>
<span>   $shareName=&quot;$user$&quot;</span>
<span>   $Type=0</span>
<span>   $pathToShare=&quot;\\acmenet01\f$\Users\$user&quot;</span>
<span>   New-Item -type directory -path $pathToShare|Out-Null</span>
<span>   $WMI=[wmiClass]&quot;\\acmenet01\root\cimV2:Win32_Share&quot; </span>
<span>   $WMI.Create($homepath,$shareName,$Type)|Out-Null</span>
<span>}</span>
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I pulled this off Technet and I'm a little confused as to the purpose of line 4 "$homepath".  How does it differ from line 7 "$pathToShare"?  I'm just not sure how to customize this part of the script.

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