Req: Script to create Remote Desktop Home folder

[keogk]

Is it possible to script the creation of a folder for users with a GPO or login script that will map an "M" drive. I am setting it in the AD tab now but the problem is the users also need a folder called Temp in that M drive right now I just populate the home folder field in Remote Desktop Services Profile with \\servername\Home\%username%

[ZeroHour]

Hi

Take a look at GPP as it has the ability to map drives and its build into Windows Vista+ and can be enabled on XP using WSUS or manually by installing the group policy preferences pack.

Just to clarify they need to map M:\ to \\server\home\%username% then create a folder Temp inside there (\\server\home\%username%\temp)?

If so you can get GPP to do this without having to use script, all you do is set GPP to map the drive then in the user config->folders tell it to create a folder m:\temp and ensure you check the box that says run in the user context.

That should make the folder and map you drive. I have a vbs script that can do all of this as well but GPP can simply things rather then script.

[keogk]

I will check into that . They will be logging into Server 2008R2. I have not played around with Group Policy preferences much.

[sted]

so you want a drive m mapped and then a temp folder created?

 

net use m: /home /persistent:no
if not exist m:\temp md m:\temp

[keogk]

The path to the folder will not exist until they log in with the script the first time. Right now when I use add the path in the Remote Desktop Services Profile section in AD it auto creates the folder named after the users username. So I need the script or gpp to create the users home folder as well as create a temp folder in the home folder. Right now not everybody gets a home folder just certain groups. So I was hoping that when a user joined that group they would get the group policy and it would take care of creating the needed folders. I think gpp is the way to go looking at it but I have to play a bit.