JSI Tip 0292 - Networked Common Desktop, Start Menu, and Programs folders.

Jerold Schulman

October 29, 1997

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You can establish a shared common Desktop, Start Menu, and Programs folder on your server. For each client machine, edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerUser Shell Folders

Double click on:

Common Programs and change this REG_EXPAND_SZ value string to the UNC path of a shared folder on a server.

Common Desktop and change this REG_EXPAND_SZ value string to the UNC path of a shared folder on a server.

Common Startup and change this REG_EXPAND_SZ value string to the UNC path of a shared folder on a server.

See tip 051.

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