[jaclaz]

tomasz86, on 08 September 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

Right but I haven't really seen this method mentioned in many places Most people seem to try using cmdlines or other "common" methods. Even if the hive files are mentioned, they usually talk about hivesys/hivesft but not that much about hivedef.

Sure , but "popular" is not necessarily a synonym of "good" or "better" , it simply means "popular", as well "obscure" or "rarely talked about" is not a synonym of "bad" or "worse", if you prefer I was surprised at your (and submix8's) surprise at seeing this approach work allright..... (as documented - in few places - at least since 2K times )

jaclaz

[submix8c]

Well, to be sure, the "hooks" between the info is there now. I couldn't find it although I was sure it had to be there somewhere.

Now YOU da man!

(sorry, tomasz86, you have been dethroned. Finder still reigns but - where were you on this earlier? <-rhetorical )

[jaclaz]

submix8c, on 08 September 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

(sorry, tomasz86, you have been dethroned. Finder still reigns but - where were you on this earlier? <-rhetorical )

Oww, comeon, this is unfair to tomasz86 me still thinks he's da man. (as much as I'm still The Finder )

You da man disputes tend to soon become like ....

Spoiler

jaclaz

[tomasz86]

If anyone's interested, you can also also change the location of user folders through HIVEDEF.INF. Just go to [Strings] and change these lines as you wish:

U_SHELL_FOLDERS_APPDATA="%USERPROFILE%\Application Data"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_DESKTOP="%USERPROFILE%\Desktop"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_FAVORITES="%USERPROFILE%\Favorites"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_NETHOOD="%USERPROFILE%\NetHood"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_PERSONAL="%USERPROFILE%\My Documents"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_PRINTHOOD="%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_PROGRAMS="%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_RECENT="%USERPROFILE%\Recent"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_SENDTO="%USERPROFILE%\SendTo"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_START_MENU="%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_STARTUP="%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_TEMPLATES="%USERPROFILE%\Templates"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_COOKIES="%USERPROFILE%\Cookies"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_MYPICTURES="%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_LOCAL_SETTINGS="%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_LOCAL_APPDATA="%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_CACHE="%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
U_SHELL_FOLDERS_HISTORY="%USERPROFILE%\History"

These are taken directly from Win2k's HIVESYS.INF so they may differ a little bit in case of XP/2003.

This post has been edited by tomasz86: 03 October 2012 - 06:01 AM

[tomasz86]

Inside HIVESFT.INF you can also change the path to "Documents and Settings". Go to [Strings] and change:

[Strings]
DEFAULT_PROFILES_DIR="%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"