V73 Location Script (Mig)

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Page no: V73

Table of contents

1 Registry and Script Target Folders
2 Batch script creating

Registry and Script Target Folders

Name	Script Parameters	Entry in User Shell Folders	Home Swiss: Home_C in G	BG/Laptop	Default Folder under C:\users\<User>	Reason for different folder
Personal Files
Account Pictures					…\Account Pictures
Contacts	F_Contacts	{56784854-C6CB-462B-8169-88E350ACB882}	Z:\Contacts		..\Contacts
Desktop	F_Desktop	Desktop	G:\PDrive\comp\Desktop		..\Desktop
My documents	F_Documents	Personal	Z:\Doc	P:\Dat\Doc In	..\documents	Docs must go later to master

Download	F_Download	{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}	P:\SyncComp\$software		..\download
Favorites (Internet Expl.)	F_Favorites	Favorites	G:\PDrive\comp\Favorites		..\favorites
Libraries	F_Libraries	{1B3EA5DC-B587-4786-B4EF-BD1DC332AEAE}	G:\Pdrive\comp\Libraries (now synched in Pcloud)		..appdata\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows\Libraries
Document Libraries	not in script, must set manually	{7B0DB17D-9CD2-4A93-9733-46CC89022E7C}	G:\Pdrive\comp\Libraries
Music Libraries	not in script, must set manually	{2112AB0A-C86A-4FFE-A368-0DE96E47012E}
Video Libraries	not in script, must set manually	{491E922F-5643-4AF4-A7EB-4E7A138D8174}			..\video
My Music	F_Music		P:\Dat\Audio	P:\Dat\Audio	..\music	must go later to master
My Pictures	F_Pictures		P:\SyncPhoto\Ordered (new master on S and P)		..\pictures
My Video	F_Videos		P:\SyncTeam\LatestSprint
Application Data					C:\users\<User>\AppData
AppData	No change	AppData	NO CHANGE		..\roaming ..\local
Cache (Internet Explorer Cache)	No change Ccleaner can clean it	Cache	NO CHANGE		..\Local\ Microsoft\Windows\INetCache
Cookies (InternetExplorer Cookies)	No change Ccleaner can clean it	Cookies	NO CHANGE		..\Local\ Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies
Local AppData	No change	Local AppData	NO CHANGE
Program Links
Administrative Tools	F_AdminTools	Administrative Tools	C:\prgs\prgs_C\Administrative Tools		..\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\ Programs\Administrative Tools
All Programs	F_All_Programs not doing anymore	Programs (in Shell Folders)	c:\prgs\prgs_C
Programs	F_Programs	Programs	c:\prgs\prgs_C		..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Startup	F_startup	Startup	c:\prgs\prgs_C\startup
	F_startmenu				..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
Computer Places
History	F_History	History	NO CHANGE		..\Local\ Microsoft\Windows\History
Links	F_Links		G:\PDrive\comp\Links		.\links
Network Shortcuts	F_NetworkShortcuts	NetHood	G:\PDrive\comp\Network Shortcuts		..\Roaming\ Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
Printer Shortcuts	F_Printer		G:\PDrive\comp\Printer Shortcuts		..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
Recent Items	F_RecentItems	Recent	G:\PDrive\comp\Recent Items		..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\Recent
Searches	F_Searches	{7D1D3A04-DEBB-4115-95CF-2F29DA2920DA}	G:\PDrive\comp\Searches		..\searches
	F_SendTo	SendTo	G:\PDrive\comp\Send To		..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
Templates	F_Templates	Templates	G:\PDrive\comp\Templates		..\Roaming \Microsoft\Windows\Templates
	Temp Folder
Temp Folder		HKCU\SYSTEM\Environment	G:\temp
		HKCU\Environment

Explanation	Videos and Pics
Batch script creating Due to avoid doing the same manual task on different computers, we introduced a batch scripting, which taking care of changing location of different folders and moving content from one to another folder. The script must have input parameters in to be filled in header of the script It calls all needed commands Must log in a file all output Must create directory if missing Must use variables for most of the paths source
Parameters All of the path folders are stored in a variables in the beginning of the file. There is stored the path of the log file, too.
Creating folders The second part of the script is creating a folders if they do not exist and log the information into the log file.
Moving old content to new location Then the script move all content from the old windows locations to the new one, which is stored on Cloud
Changing registry paths Last part of the script is to change the registry paths stored in Windows Registry. The new path must be the same as parameters in the beginning stored on the cloud.	Replace with readable image via Notepad
Temp Folders [Expected Functionality] New User directory: sync:\!Dat\temp System Templ c:\windows\temp Important! We decided not to have it on H and switched to c:\temp
System Temp Script Important! Do not do that. Already restored the folder manually. Source Change the temp folder for System Temp Key directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment Key names: TMP TEMP	For two lines of code no unreadable screenshot need; paste readable text instead.
Windows Explorer Temp folder Key Directory:Windows Explorer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\VolumeCaches\Temporary FilesKey name:TEMPNew computer directory:sync:\!Comp\tempExplorer
Tests Test 1: Run it on a different windows installation check the registry before the execution execute the script check the registry after the execution	Test 2: On George-BG reset the registry with the scripts Run it on a different windows installation Check the registry before the execution execute the script check the registry after the exectuon
Problems Logfile does not work when I execute it with admin logfile needs full path, may use download folder or original folder	Fixed. Now the script can be run both ways. This is not a solution description.
Execution for Non-Admins The execution for Non-Admins is a bit more complicated. It does not help to log in as an administrator, but follow these steps. Step 1: Make the normal user Admin (Change account type under users). Step 2: Use the normal user and run the location script as admin Step 3: Press CTRL ALT DEL. In a remote session, press CTRL ALT END, to open the task manager. Then run explorer. Step 4: Verify the folders via RegEdit. You should have saved the user shell folders as favorite. Step 5: Remove the admin right again for the user (see screen).