Favorites over a network

[mjgoodhand]

Hi,

I am trying to change the favorites folder to a mapped network folder so that users can pick up their favorites folder at any terminal.

I have tried changing the registry settings so that the favorites folder maps to the network drive mapping (H:). But, when the computer is reset it loses this setting and defaults to look at the favorites folder on the C: drive.

Is there any way I can set the computer to read the favorites (or for that matter 'My Documents') on a mapped network drive.

The computers are running win 95 over a Novell 4.2 network.

TIA

Martin Goodhand

Martin Goodhand
Assistant IT Manager
North Lindsey College
England

[jstolz]

You didn't say what exactly you were changing in the registry--but if you open TweakUI to the "My Computer" tab, you'll see that you can specify a different folder for "Favorites" which changes the "Favorites" string value under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders.

I suppose a cool thing to do for machines that may, or may not log into a network is to call a batch file from autoexec that tests for a network drive to determine if a reg file modifying that key I mentioned above should be run...

Regards...