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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: sionschool on May 24, 2006, 01:55:25 AM

Title: MS Paint on a network
Post by: sionschool on May 24, 2006, 01:55:25 AM

I have installed WinXP Pro on a Windows AD 2000 network of 14 workstations.  Users have been set up with My Documents redirected using a GPO to their own space on the server.

MS Paint ignores the redirection and insists on looking at the local drive as a default for saves.

Anyone know a work around for this?

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on May 24, 2006, 05:05:39 AM

mspaint automatically defaults to "My Pictures" on my system.  Is this Win XP Pro SP2?  Fully up to date system?  Do the "My Pictures" folders exist for the users?  If not, mspaint probably looks in whatever directory it was told to start up in.  In the latter case you can change the shortcut-->"start in" accordingly.  That won't be a problem if your users' folders map to a consistent drive letter.

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: sionschool on May 24, 2006, 05:13:27 AM

Nice idea!  Thanks

You are, of course, correct.  I was being lazy.  It actually defaults to the My Pictures folder under Documents and Settings\My Documents on the local hard drive.  Yes, using Pro SP2.  Yes, all have a consistent drive letter.  All I need to do is edit the icon on the shared desktop!  I'll give that a try.  Thanks for the help.

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on May 24, 2006, 06:02:41 AM

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It actually defaults to the My Pictures folder under Documents and Settings\My Documents on the local hard drive.

Can that be tweaked with GPE?  (I never use it, since I have Linux servers on my LANs.)

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: sionschool on May 24, 2006, 09:19:40 AM

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Nice idea!  Thanks
All I need to do is edit the icon on the shared desktop!  I'll give that a try.  Thanks for the help.

Nope, that didn't work!  However, I did manage to tweak the redirection in the GPO and got that to work.  Managed to break something else in the process but that's the way it goes! ::)

Thanks again for the suggestions.

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: Rob Pomeroy on May 24, 2006, 09:37:39 AM

Ha!  Yes; it's a bit like herding cats, isn't it?!  Good luck.

Title: Re: MS Paint on a network
Post by: 2k_dummy on May 24, 2006, 09:47:50 AM

Would this be a good time for Microsoft to take a bow? ;D