All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the contents
(File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users (around
120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders on
desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my existing
login script with few modifications-
1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared folder
2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output the list
of files other than mandatory.
3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
USERNAME.LOG

Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
-------------------------------------
Const DESKTOP = &H10&

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path

Set colItems = objFolder.Items
For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
Next
-------------------------------------
Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
Thanks..
Hemant Sarmokadam

"Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CEB52746-8890-478A-9EF9-B2CC9B5B79F4@xxxxxx

> All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
> shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the
> contents
> (File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users
> (around
> 120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders on
> desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my
> existing
> login script with few modifications-
> 1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared
> folder
> 2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
> operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output the
> list
> of files other than mandatory.
> 3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
> USERNAME.LOG
>
> Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
> -------------------------------------
> Const DESKTOP = &H10&
>
> Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
> Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
> Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path
>
> Set colItems = objFolder.Items
> For Each objItem in colItems
> Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
> Next
> -------------------------------------
> Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
> Thanks..
> Hemant Sarmokadam
>

What is your specific question?

Hi Pegasus,

My requirement is to get the list of files/folders on desktop of certain
users. Out of 1100 users of a domain, I have to perform the search for 120
users.
I do have a script (say SEARCH.VBS –given in my last post) to get this
information for locally logged on user. Only thing is user need to execute it
in his login. I can call SEARCH.VBS in the existing login script (which runs
at startup for all users), and get the output appended in a single file on
shared folder. But in that case, SEARCH.VBS will run for all 1100 users and I
will further need to identify and sort required data for 120 users within the
file.
Hence I am looking for a script which will get executed at startup for all
users, but will perform the job of searching files/folders only for 120
users. I do have list of these 120 users stored in text file on a shared
folder. The script when executed at startup will compare the logged-on user
with list of 120 users, if the user name matches, it will perform the search
and store the result on shared folder by the name USERNAME.LOG.

Hope, I have clarified my requirement.

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CEB52746-8890-478A-9EF9-B2CC9B5B79F4@xxxxxx

> > All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
> > shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the
> > contents
> > (File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users
> > (around
> > 120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders on
> > desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my
> > existing
> > login script with few modifications-
> > 1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared
> > folder
> > 2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
> > operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output the
> > list
> > of files other than mandatory.
> > 3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
> > USERNAME.LOG
> >
> > Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
> > -------------------------------------
> > Const DESKTOP = &H10&
> >
> > Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> > Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
> > Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
> > Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path
> >
> > Set colItems = objFolder.Items
> > For Each objItem in colItems
> > Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
> > Next
> > -------------------------------------
> > Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
> > Thanks..
> > Hemant Sarmokadam
> >

>
> What is your specific question?
>
>
>

I have a strong tendency to select the simplest solution for any given
problem. I know that this is a VB Scripting group but it seems that a batch
file solution would be much simpler than a VB Script file, e.g. like this
one:
[1] @echo on
[2] if exist "\\Server\Share\Folder\%UserName%.txt" goto :eof
[3] type "\\Server\Share\Folder\UserList.txt" | find /i "%Username%"
[4] if %ErrorLevel% GTR 0 (
[5] cd 2>"\\Server\Share\Folder\%UserName%.txt" & goto :eof
[6] ) else (
[7] dir /b "%UserProfile%\Desktop" >
"\\Server\Share\Folder\%UserName%.txt"
[8] )

Line 2 will ensure that that this section of the batch file runs just once,
regardless of which group the user belongs to.

Lines 3 and 4 will check if the current user belongs to your group of 120
users.

If the user does not belong to this group then Line 5 creates a zero-byte
semaphore file for the benefit of Line 2 at the next logon event.

Line 7 creates a directory listing of the current user's desktop. Again this
will be picked up by Line 2 at the next logon event. When it's all finished
and done then you can harvest your file lists from the various files on
your server share.


"Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:71F745FE-90F1-4D94-8E76-4B959B13A09A@xxxxxx

> Hi Pegasus,
>
> My requirement is to get the list of files/folders on desktop of certain
> users. Out of 1100 users of a domain, I have to perform the search for 120
> users.
> I do have a script (say SEARCH.VBS -given in my last post) to get this
> information for locally logged on user. Only thing is user need to execute
> it
> in his login. I can call SEARCH.VBS in the existing login script (which
> runs
> at startup for all users), and get the output appended in a single file on
> shared folder. But in that case, SEARCH.VBS will run for all 1100 users
> and I
> will further need to identify and sort required data for 120 users within
> the
> file.
> Hence I am looking for a script which will get executed at startup for all
> users, but will perform the job of searching files/folders only for 120
> users. I do have list of these 120 users stored in text file on a shared
> folder. The script when executed at startup will compare the logged-on
> user
> with list of 120 users, if the user name matches, it will perform the
> search
> and store the result on shared folder by the name USERNAME.LOG.
>
> Hope, I have clarified my requirement.
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
>

>>
>> "Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CEB52746-8890-478A-9EF9-B2CC9B5B79F4@xxxxxx

>> > All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
>> > shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the
>> > contents
>> > (File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users
>> > (around
>> > 120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders
>> > on
>> > desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my
>> > existing
>> > login script with few modifications-
>> > 1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared
>> > folder
>> > 2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
>> > operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output
>> > the
>> > list
>> > of files other than mandatory.
>> > 3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
>> > USERNAME.LOG
>> >
>> > Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
>> > -------------------------------------
>> > Const DESKTOP = &H10&
>> >
>> > Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
>> > Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
>> > Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
>> > Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path
>> >
>> > Set colItems = objFolder.Items
>> > For Each objItem in colItems
>> > Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
>> > Next
>> > -------------------------------------
>> > Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
>> > Thanks..
>> > Hemant Sarmokadam
>> >

>>
>> What is your specific question?
>>
>>
>>

"Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:71F745FE-90F1-4D94-8E76-4B959B13A09A@xxxxxx

> Hi Pegasus,
>
> My requirement is to get the list of files/folders on desktop of certain
> users. Out of 1100 users of a domain, I have to perform the search for 120
> users.
> I do have a script (say SEARCH.VBS –given in my last post) to get this
> information for locally logged on user. Only thing is user need to execute
> it
> in his login. I can call SEARCH.VBS in the existing login script (which
> runs
> at startup for all users), and get the output appended in a single file on
> shared folder. But in that case, SEARCH.VBS will run for all 1100 users
> and I
> will further need to identify and sort required data for 120 users within
> the
> file.
> Hence I am looking for a script which will get executed at startup for all
> users, but will perform the job of searching files/folders only for 120
> users. I do have list of these 120 users stored in text file on a shared
> folder. The script when executed at startup will compare the logged-on
> user
> with list of 120 users, if the user name matches, it will perform the
> search
> and store the result on shared folder by the name USERNAME.LOG.
>
> Hope, I have clarified my requirement.

Yes, but if the result file is named after the user, all you have to do is
to ignore those not in the list of 120.

/Al

> "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:
>

>>
>> "Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:CEB52746-8890-478A-9EF9-B2CC9B5B79F4@xxxxxx

>> > All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
>> > shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the
>> > contents
>> > (File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users
>> > (around
>> > 120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders
>> > on
>> > desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my
>> > existing
>> > login script with few modifications-
>> > 1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared
>> > folder
>> > 2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
>> > operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output
>> > the
>> > list
>> > of files other than mandatory.
>> > 3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
>> > USERNAME.LOG
>> >
>> > Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
>> > -------------------------------------
>> > Const DESKTOP = &H10&
>> >
>> > Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
>> > Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
>> > Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
>> > Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path
>> >
>> > Set colItems = objFolder.Items
>> > For Each objItem in colItems
>> > Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
>> > Next
>> > -------------------------------------
>> > Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
>> > Thanks..
>> > Hemant Sarmokadam
>> >

>>
>> What is your specific question?
>>
>>
>>

Thanks a lot Pegasus!!!
It worked!! Thank you very much for your time and fast solution.

-Hemant

"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote:

>
> "Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CEB52746-8890-478A-9EF9-B2CC9B5B79F4@xxxxxx

> > All users within domain are having common desktop (with some mandatory
> > shortcuts/links copied through login script). I need to identify the
> > contents
> > (File/Folder names) on Desktops (%userprofile%\desktop) of few users
> > (around
> > 120) out of 1100 users. Following script outputs list of files/folders on
> > desktop of a logged in user. I am planning to call this script in my
> > existing
> > login script with few modifications-
> > 1. It will compare logged-on user with list of users stored on a shared
> > folder
> > 2. If the logged-on user name exists in the list, it will perform the
> > operation of searching files on Desktop of logged-on user and output the
> > list
> > of files other than mandatory.
> > 3. It will store the results in the shared folder with filename as
> > USERNAME.LOG
> >
> > Script for searching files on Desktop of Logged on User-
> > -------------------------------------
> > Const DESKTOP = &H10&
> >
> > Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> > Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(DESKTOP)
> > Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
> > Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Path
> >
> > Set colItems = objFolder.Items
> > For Each objItem in colItems
> > Wscript.Echo objItem.Name
> > Next
> > -------------------------------------
> > Any help in this regards will be highly appreciated.
> > Thanks..
> > Hemant Sarmokadam
> >

>
> What is your specific question?
>
>
>

"Hemant" <Hemant@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ADF43283-874B-4A44-B294-B615176541CB@xxxxxx

> Thanks a lot Pegasus!!!
> It worked!! Thank you very much for your time and fast
> solution.
>
> -Hemant
>

Thanks for the feedback.