Common Pictures Folder

[adamdelves]

I notice that on a multi profile computer or windows 2k there is a folder named "All Users". In here is contained a Start Menu, Documents and desktop Folders. Any items added to these will be displayed to all users.

In the registry these folder loacations are stored in the key:
HKU\.Default\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\User Shell Folders

The indivdual locations are refered to as Common Documents, Common Dekstop etc.

Is there a way to create a common Pictures folder which will store pictures which will be visible for all users in the My Pictures Folder?

[rjkrash]

On WinXP a folder called Shared Documents is created in All Users with subfolders called Shared Music and Shared Pictures.

It is basically a folder which is Shared to all users. Everone has read/write access and any file created there inherits these rights. I expect a similar setup is easily doable in Win2K

The two rules for success:
1. Never tell them everything you know.

[adamdelves]

I don't have a Common Pictures Folder however. I would like to share some pictures but adding the value to my registry "Common Pictures" does not do anything.

I would imagain there are more keys and values that need to be created or edited but have had no luck in finding them.

[rjkrash]

If you make changes to the default user settings, all new users inherit the same settings. However, the users who have already been created are not affected.

At any rate, the folders like All Users and sub folders are created when the os is installed. You can add such a folder yourself at anytime and enable access for everyone as I described in my post above.

Adding an entry to the registry will not in and of itself cause the OS to create something. The registry is used to control the enviroment of the computer. If there is something that needs to be created, say a new user's default folders, the OS looks in the registry to find out what to name these folders.

I hope that makes sense.

The two rules for success:
1. Never tell them everything you know.