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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