customize nethood folder

IN NT 4 THERE IS A POLICY TO CUSTOMIZE NETHOOD FOLDER
AND CAN BE REDIRECTED TO THE NETWORK

I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING IN WINDOWS200 I WANT TO
REDIRECT THE NETHOOD FOLDER FOR XP CLIENTS TO THE NETWORK
USING WINDOWS 2000 SERVER

I DONT KNOW WHY MICROSOFT REMOVES FEATURES PRESENT IN NT
4 AND GIVES LOTS OF PAIN TO THE CUSTOMER

PLEASE ANY ONE GIVE ME WORK AROUND TO THIS PROBLEM

My Network Places shortcuts are files placed in a hidden folder in the local
users profile in:

%SystemDrive%:\Documents and Settings\%username%\NetHood

This path is defnied in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

Nethood - %SystemDrive%:\Documents and Settings\%username%\NetHood

When a change is made to the abvoe key this corresponding key is modified:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders

NetHood - %SystemDrive%:\Documents and Settings\%username%\NetHood

I was unable o find a policy in Windows 2000 or XP that enables redirection
of the Nethood folder. I was able however to modify the registry entry and
redirect Nethood to a different folder in this case "newhood" only after a
reboot did the change take effect. I tried to simply stop and start some
services to get around the reboot however I was unable to do so. Hppefully
The above information in conjunction with the articles below will assist you
in resolving this problem.


210327 Manually Populating Network Neighborhood with Static Entries for
Browsing http://support.microsoft.com/?id=210327 - This still applies to
2000 and XP.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders

NetHood

C:\Documents and Settings\buzb\Newhood


You may find this article helpful as well:

242578 HOW TO: Prevent Network Share Shortcuts from Being Added to My
Networkhttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=242578


Buz Brodin
MCSE NT4 / Win2K
Microsoft Enterprise Domain Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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"it_ops" <it_ops@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:08da01c3aaa2$2dfff980$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> IN NT 4 THERE IS A POLICY TO CUSTOMIZE NETHOOD FOLDER
> AND CAN BE REDIRECTED TO THE NETWORK
>
> I WANT TO DO THE SAME THING IN WINDOWS200 I WANT TO
> REDIRECT THE NETHOOD FOLDER FOR XP CLIENTS TO THE NETWORK
> USING WINDOWS 2000 SERVER
>
> I DONT KNOW WHY MICROSOFT REMOVES FEATURES PRESENT IN NT
> 4 AND GIVES LOTS OF PAIN TO THE CUSTOMER
>
> PLEASE ANY ONE GIVE ME WORK AROUND TO THIS PROBLEM