How to redirect favorites through logon script

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This tutorial is step by step instructions on how to redirect a user’s “Favorites” folder to a location on the network by using logon script.

Open notepad and copy the following code Click File>Save As and change the filename to SetFavorites.vbs

You may change the “t:\Favorites” to what you like.Now you have to configure this Logon Script in Group Policy to do the job.

—code start—

Option Explicit

Dim RegLocate, objShell

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”)

RegLocate = “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Favorites”

objShell.RegWrite RegLocate,”t:\Favorites”,”REG_SZ”

RegLocate = “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Favorites”

objShell.RegWrite RegLocate,”t:\Favorites”,”REG_SZ”

—code end —

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