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Re: HKEYs used for mount in NT registry
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- Subject: Re: HKEYs used for mount in NT registry
- From: cgf at cygnus dot com (Christopher G. Faylor)
- Date: 30 Jul 1998 16:36:31 GMT
- Newsgroups: cygnus.gnu-win32
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <01BDBAD5.F2190BD0.bills.cygnus.gnu-win32@warwick.net>
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In article <01BDBAD5.F2190BD0.bills.cygnus.gnu-win32@warwick.net>,
bills <bills@warwick.net> wrote:
>Is there any way to control which HKEY is used to store mount information
>in the registry?
>
>Poking through the registry I find mounts 00 - 1d in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
>which have no value assigned to them, and the mounts that appear to be used
>in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
>
>This works just fine as long as only one person uses the machine. When
>multiple persons are using a PC you have to set up the mounts every time a
>different person logs on. Keeping the mounts on 10 machines with 13 people
>using them becomes a nightmare.
The mount table in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is global. If you copy the mounts
from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER then these mounts will be the default mounts.
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