importing favourites

[lieblingsbesuch]

hi....

I'm looking for a way to import sume favorites in my documents and settings/administrator/favorites folder....is there an easy way to get that?

[MCT]

u can do

xcopy "%systemdrive%\favourites" "%systemdrive%\Documents And Settings\Administrator\Favourites\*.*" /Y /E

if your not logged in as the admin account @ the time.. but if u are u can do this..

xcopy "%systemdrive%\favourites" "%userprofile%\Favourites\*.*" /Y /E

that should work

"%systemdrive%\favourites" is where your favourites are located

[BritishBulldog]

@FavouriteVisitor

depends where you are copying from?

Do you mean from an unattended CD to the 'Favoriten' folder in C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\user\Favoriten?

MCT's example is just copying from one folder to another.

[MCT]

well yes, u of cource can elaborate.. my example was basic

IF EXIST C:\win51ip.SP2 set cdrom=C:

xcopy "%cdrom%\directory\favourites" "%userprofile%\Favourites\*.*" /Y /E

[lieblingsbesuch]

lol...hey, i can't understand german

i mean from a unattended installation CD

i had the idea to put it in the $Docs folder, located in my $OEM$ folder in my XPCD. is that possible, too?

EDIT:

Okay, done that with WinRAR SFX :> thx guys!

[MCT]

yes, but it may cause problems

[oioldman]

MCT, what are these problems?

I'm using it at the moment and the only one i've got is that the Favs all stay in the All Users, and not given to new users, or am i doing this wrong?

[oioldman]

Sussed it, place your Favs and desktop icons into the Default User folder and when a new user is created they get thise Favs and Icons.

I've only quickly looked at work. Will check better at home, if football doesn't take hold

[Nomi]

hi....

I'm looking for a way to import sume favorites in my documents and settings/administrator/favorites folder....is there an easy way to get that?

Why dont you add favourites through Winnt.sif

Example:

[FavoritesEx]

Title1="MSFN Board"

URL1="http://board.msfn.org/"

Title2="Unuttended Windows Guide"

URL2="http://unattended.msfn.org"

[tguy]

You could also try doing a custom build of IE with the IEAK. It will allow you to create/import all the favorites you want and incorporate them into your build. Works well, I have used it in the past.

tguy

[BritishBulldog]

lol...hey, i can't understand german

nor can i

the winnt.sif way is ok if you want to type in hundreds of entries otherwise i would just use a good old copy to allusers location.

[oioldman]

Tne winnt.sif way is fine, but i've found they are only applied to the user you install windows with.

If you create another user, they don't get those Favs.

If you add to Default User, all created users get the Favs.

[zbeta]

Create SFX with winrar..

put this in comment tab:

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Path=.\%USERPROFILE%\Favorites

Silent=2

Overwrite=1

[Yzöwl]

u can do

xcopy "%systemdrive%\favourites" "%systemdrive%\Documents And Settings\Administrator\Favourites\*.*" /Y /E

if your not logged in as the admin account @ the time.. but if u are u can do this..

xcopy "%systemdrive%\favourites" "%userprofile%\Favourites\*.*" /Y /E

that should work

"%systemdrive%\favourites" is where your favourites are located

this would copy a folder called favourites into a folder called \Documents And Settings\Administrator\Favourites (it should of course say Favorites, spelled correctly), so you would end up with \Documents And Settings\Administrator\Favorites\favourites.

I dont think this was intended was it?