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  • June 1, 2000 at 2:13 am #2080669

    HIDDEN HOME DIRECTORY

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    by a31modela · about 24 years, 11 months ago

    With NT 4.0, can I create a hidden home directory for use with a template ? can I make the home path – \\servername\share\%username%$ would this make a hidden share for the home directory??

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    • June 1, 2000 at 2:22 am #3893227

      HIDDEN HOME DIRECTORY

      by phinaddict · about 24 years, 11 months ago

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      unfortunately in the testing that I have done I haven’t been able to get that to work. The “$” on the end keeps the %username% from resolving.

      Good Luck

    • June 1, 2000 at 2:28 am #3893217

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      by kevin_b · about 24 years, 11 months ago

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      I haven’t tried it, but perhaps a batch file to change the rights to the directory after it is created with CALCS.exe so the user is the only one that can see it and then attrib so it is hidden.

    • June 1, 2000 at 3:25 am #3893186

      HIDDEN HOME DIRECTORY

      by dvn · about 24 years, 11 months ago

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      Line \\servername\share\%username%$ won’t work because $ hides share not a directory.
      It should be \\servername\%username%$, but unfortunately NT will not create those directories for you. You need to share them manually or use Resource Kit Util rmtshare.exe in a batch file to do it.

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