How to set up multiple home folders at once?
If you are setting up Home Drives for multiple users, you can edit multiple user’s at once. Select the users you wish to apply the policy to (Ctrl+Click or Shift+Click), then right click and select Properties, open the Profile tab, check the Home Folder box and set the drive letter and path (\\ [servername] [share]\\%username%)
How to redirect folders to the same location?
User Configuration-> Policies-> Windows Settings->Folder Redirection. Choose the “Documents” folder, right click and select “Properties”. Change the “Setting:” field to “Basic- redirect everyone’s folder to the same location” and set the “Target folder location” to “Redirect to the user’s home directory”
Where are all the folders in Windows 10?
Based on this, I went back onto the registry files, and followed: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\User Shell Folders. Here, I found all the directory listings. I noticed some Names that I was unable to interpret, so I searched each individual one.
Why do I have two documents folders on my computer?
I seem to have two ‘Documents’ folders. However, one icon is the correct for Documents, and the other is the icon for the Pictures. Also, my Pictures folder has gone missing.
Can you have more than one profile on the same computer?
I simply can’t believe that I can have two profiles on the same computer but not be able to share programs between those two profiles. How many people have more than 1 profile on their PC? Millions and millions of people but, apparently, Microsoft doesn’t see a problem with not being able to simply share programs on the same PC!
How to share programs between different usernames on the computer?
The first time you try to access User folders on the other account (say, Documents) it will take a minute to assign you these rights across all files, depending upon how many there are. Afterwards reaching through to the other account files should be fast.
What does the user profile folder in Windows Explorer do?
The user-profile folder is a container for applications and other system components to populate with sub-folders, and per-user data such as documents and configuration files. Windows Explorer uses the user-profile folders extensively for such items as the user’s Desktop, Start menu and Documents folder.