Copy current user key to all users and future ones
Is there already a solution available that copies a current user reg file to all users and future users?
It's because I have a software deployment that must be made and 2 current users keys that must be added but for all users. A big thanks!
Answers (3)
There is a widely known Active Setup to help you with this kind of problem.
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mmm, let me have a look - kingskawn 11 years ago
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Or you could write a scheduled task that lists all your users on a machine and then writes the required values to all new users on your machine.
But Active setup (or even just advertised shortcuts with correct placement of the regkeys in user-components) is easier. The shortcut checks if all components of the application are present at start of the application and if not installs the missing user parts. - EVEEN 11 years ago
Config of an Active Setup via CMD
if not exist "%systemdrive%\Active Setup" md "%systemdrive%\Active Setup"
if not exist "%systemdrive%\Active Setup\%AppName%" md "%systemdrive%\Active Setup\%AppName%"
rem copy /y "%~dp0[File.Ext]" "%systemdrive%\Active Setup\%AppName%\[File.Ext]" >>"%LogFile%"
copy /y "%~dp0UserInstall.cmd" "%systemdrive%\Active Setup\%AppName%\UserInstall.cmd" >>"%LogFile%"
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\%AppName%" /v "StubPath" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%inst%\Active Setup\%AppName%\UserInstall.cmd\"" /f
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Does anybody have any suggested reading materials about Active Setup ?
Currently we pay an external person to do all out packages I'd like to know a little more - accesser 11 years ago-
Have a look at http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/appdeploy-articles-activesetup or http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/11/02/10176957.aspx
I used these two articles and that's pretty much it, it's not that trickey to do. - olditguy 11 years ago
You can copy the "ntuser.dat" file from the profile to "default users" profile for this. This will retain the application setting for new user who logs in.
