user abc and user abc.machinename in documents and settings

Hi, can some one please help?

Why when I log in as user abc and it always creates user
abc.machinename folder for user abc and not just use the abc folder in
c:\documents and settings

Even I set the profile path to c:\documents and settings\abc

Thanks.

Greg

greg chu wrote:
> Hi, can some one please help?
>
> Why when I log in as user abc and it always creates user
> abc.machinename folder for user abc and not just use the abc folder
> in c:\documents and settings
>
> Even I set the profile path to c:\documents and settings\abc

Why is this a problem?

Any application/script/whatever worth its salt will dynamically create the
path anyway.
System variables like %USERPROFILE% will point to the right spot...

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On Mar 29, 1:29 pm, "greg chu" <greg_...@wendys.com> wrote:
> Hi, can some one please help?
>
> Why when I log in as user abc and it always creates user
> abc.machinename folder for user abc and not just use the abc folder in
> c:\documents and settings
>
> Even I set the profile path to c:\documents and settings\abc
>
> Thanks.
>
> Greg


How do I set %USERPROFILE% for that particular user abc? you mean
add to registry somewhere?

Thanks.

Greg

greg chu wrote:
> Why when I log in as user abc and it always creates user
> abc.machinename folder for user abc and not just use the abc
> folder in c:\documents and settings
>
> Even I set the profile path to c:\documents and settings\abc

greg chu wrote:
> How do I set %USERPROFILE% for that particular user abc? you mean
> add to registry somewhere?

It's part of the OS already.
Start button --> RUN --> CMD --> set --> ENTER (Those are built in
environment variable...)

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html