User Profiles Default to Global SENDTO Directory

• Microsoft Windows 95

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder.

SYMPTOMS

When you set up Windows 95 to use user profiles, some settings are maintained individually for each user who logs on to the computer (for example, Start menu settings and desktop settings). However, each user does not get an individual SendTo folder. By default, the global SendTo folder is used for all users.

CAUSE

There is no setting in the user interface (UI) to maintain separate SendTo folders for each user.

RESOLUTION

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.

To use a separate SendTo folder for each user who logs on to the computer, follow these steps:

1. Create a SendTo folder in each user's personal folder. For example, for a user named User1, create a SendTo folder in the Windows\ Profiles\User1 folder.

2. Use Registry Editor to modify the SENDTO value in the following registry key for each user to point to the SendTo folder you created for each user:

         HKEY_USERS\USERNAME\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\
         EXPLORER\SHELL FOLDERS
   

3. Create a SENDTO string in the following registry key for each user and set it to the SendTo folder you created for each user:

         HKEY_USERS\USERNAME\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\
         EXPLORER\USER FOLDERS
   

4. Create shortcuts in the SendTo folders that will appear when the users click objects with the right mouse button and then click Send To.

5. Restart the computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.