Windows % path

[blu4]

Hey, I'm trying to get some drives mapped and I'd like to know how this format is called-

 

%USERNAME%- it displays the current logon username. Is there a % that would just display surname or first name? I tried doing %FIRSTNAME% and %LASTNAME% but it doesn't work. Help! :<

[fairm010]

We use the %DisplayName% here.

[blu4]

%USERNAME% displays as the username however, the %DISPLAYNAME% just shows up as %DISPLAYNAME% on the mapped drive. I made sure that the field in AD is not empty..

[halbaradkenafin]

How are you trying to map the drives? GPO should map with %DisplayName% as a variable.

[fairm010]

You're trying to get the mapped drive of the users home folder to show their name? I'd just rename the folder and update its AD path tbh.

[blu4]

I've got 600 users :/ I don't want to use the AD path in the user properties because it show the server details. The GPO solves that issue. the format I use for John Smith is 13smithj. The data path is \\data\user\13smithj. So I use the \\data\user\%USERNAME% to fetch the folder path but I'd like it to display their surname/lastname in file explorer instead of their username. I hope you know what I'm trying to achieve. If this isn't possible, I'll just stick with the username.

 

I'm trying to get this working:

 

Edited October 6, 2015 by blu4

[fairm010]

I see. I looked into this and gave up as it broke folder redirection and I cant remember why.

[MattDLEA]

if you click in label as text box and press F3 what happens?

[blu4]

A variable box comes up. There is no Display Name option. I just finished googling around and apparently there is no easy way of doing this. A long-winded way is to mess around with scripts and registry edits but I can't be bothered. %USERNAME% it is. Thanks for all the input guys.