Can i Clone my desktop settings
This is a discussion about Can i Clone my desktop settings in the Windows Networking category; using windows 2000 pro, can i clone the desktop settings that one user has with another user? like all the startup menu programs and backgroud and all the crap in my documents. .
using windows 2000 pro,
can i clone the desktop settings that one user has with another user?
like all the startup menu programs and backgroud and all the crap in my documents.
can i clone the desktop settings that one user has with another user?
like all the startup menu programs and backgroud and all the crap in my documents.
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First the desktop, there are two ways to do this:
First:
(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT.
(2) Edit the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} for the other user and save the file
(3) Double click on the saved REG file
Second:
(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT
(2) Edith the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} to .DEFAULT and save the file
(3) Double click on the saved REG file
The First method is on a per user basis, whereas the second method will set the .DEFAULT desktop to your settings.
For the Start Menu Programs, again there are two ways; first just use copy and paste between the users or second, dump all the start menu items to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs...."
Colin
First:
(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT.
(2) Edit the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} for the other user and save the file
(3) Double click on the saved REG file
Second:
(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT
(2) Edith the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} to .DEFAULT and save the file
(3) Double click on the saved REG file
The First method is on a per user basis, whereas the second method will set the .DEFAULT desktop to your settings.
For the Start Menu Programs, again there are two ways; first just use copy and paste between the users or second, dump all the start menu items to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs...."
Colin
OP
im not going to screw with all the sid crap and all that
in my registry but i'll put the start up menu stuff in for all users
directory. thx
in my registry but i'll put the start up menu stuff in for all users
directory. thx
If it is just start menu items you want go to
c:\documents and settings\username and copy the start menu subdirectory to the new user's subdirectory.
c:\documents and settings\username and copy the start menu subdirectory to the new user's subdirectory.
