Missing the customised folder icons?

I noticed the other day on my work Windows XP workstation that the My Documents, My Pictures and My Music icons were not the customised ones but instead the basic yellow folder icons.

To resolve this issue, use the following method:

Click Start, click Run, and then type:
rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit
Click OK.

Note: The command line parameter is case-sensitive, and [...]

July 31st, 2008 | Category: Active Directory, Roaming Profiles, Windows XP | Leave a comment

Using a JPG with an Active Directory roaming profile

There is a known issue that if you use a non-BMP wallpaper, for example a .jpg (jpeg), in a roaming profile using Microsoft Windows, it will not roam with the user.  To resolve this I created a script that when used as a logoff script, it will enable the wallpaper to roam.

MoveJPGWallpaper.vbs

Further to this I would [...]

June 7th, 2007 | Category: Active Directory, Roaming Profiles, Scripting, VBS, Windows 2003, Windows XP | 24 comments