Vista - anyone know how to set these via script?

11-18-2008

right-click desktop -> properties -> desktop tab -> customize desktop button

here you can check of to display the My Documents folder, My Computer,
Internet Explorer, and My Network Places on the desktop.

I need to configure these. If I script it will it just be a direct registry
edit or are these possibly exposed by some existing wsh object? If direct
registry edit is the way anyone know where in the registry these settings
live? (windows server 2003)

any input is appreciated, thanks.

11-19-2008

I don't know the keys. My normal approach to this is to export the current
user hive before and after the change and use a file compare tool.

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Quote:

> right-click desktop -> properties -> desktop tab -> customize desktop
> button
>
> here you can check of to display the My Documents folder, My Computer,
> Internet Explorer, and My Network Places on the desktop.
>
> I need to configure these. If I script it will it just be a direct
> registry edit or are these possibly exposed by some existing wsh object?
> If direct registry edit is the way anyone know where in the registry these
> settings live? (windows server 2003)
>
> any input is appreciated, thanks.
>
>

11-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
James n/a posts	anyone know how to set these via script? right-click desktop -> properties -> desktop tab -> customize desktop button here you can check of to display the My Documents folder, My Computer, Internet Explorer, and My Network Places on the desktop. I need to configure these. If I script it will it just be a direct registry edit or are these possibly exposed by some existing wsh object? If direct registry edit is the way anyone know where in the registry these settings live? (windows server 2003) any input is appreciated, thanks.
My System Specs

11-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
Joe Fawcett n/a posts	Re: anyone know how to set these via script? I don't know the keys. My normal approach to this is to export the current user hive before and after the change and use a file compare tool. -- Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML) http://joe.fawcett.name "James" <noone@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:epr6F1YSJHA.1184@xxxxxx Quote: > right-click desktop -> properties -> desktop tab -> customize desktop > button > > here you can check of to display the My Documents folder, My Computer, > Internet Explorer, and My Network Places on the desktop. > > I need to configure these. If I script it will it just be a direct > registry edit or are these possibly exposed by some existing wsh object? > If direct registry edit is the way anyone know where in the registry these > settings live? (windows server 2003) > > any input is appreciated, thanks. > >
My System Specs

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