Can i Clone my desktop settings

[Jeff123df2 0]

using windows 2000 pro,

can i clone the desktop settings that one user has with another user?

 

like all the startup menu programs and backgroud and all the crap in my documents.

[Nemesis 1]

First the desktop, there are two ways to do this:

 

First:

(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT.

(2) Edit the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} for the other user and save the file

(3) Double click on the saved REG file

 

Second:

(1) Dump HKU\{sid}\Control Panel using REGEDIT

(2) Edith the REG file with NOTEPAD and change the {sid} to .DEFAULT and save the file

(3) Double click on the saved REG file

 

The First method is on a per user basis, whereas the second method will set the .DEFAULT desktop to your settings.

 

For the Start Menu Programs, again there are two ways; first just use copy and paste between the users or second, dump all the start menu items to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs...."

 

Colin

[Jeff123df2 0]

im not going to screw with all the sid crap and all that

in my registry but i'll put the start up menu stuff in for all users

directory. thx

[kgeissler 0]

If it is just start menu items you want go to

 

c:\documents and settings\username and copy the start menu subdirectory to the new user's subdirectory.