Remote Special Folders

Started by seckner, November 06, 2013, 09:40:40 AM

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seckner

I know how to get Special Folders on the system I'm at - how can I get the same on a remote system. I tried writing:

      AddExtender( "WWREG34I.DLL" )
      Computer = "\\" : Computer
      TopKey = @REGMACHINE
      TopSub  = "\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders[Common Desktop]"
      Handle  = RegConnect( Computer, TopKey, "" )
      Path    = RegQueryStr( Handle, TopSub )

I always get back error 1452 : REG Functions : Unable to open specified subkey - I can open the reg remotely and navigate there by hand. Can you see where I'm wrong at? Is there a better way to get the paths? I looked through WMI but couldn't figure out how to get them there.

Thank you for any help!

Deana

You must make sure the account you are running under has access to the remote registry. Can manually you connect to the remote machine registry using regedit? Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732388.aspx

You may also need to remove the leading backslash on your subkey path.

Code (winbatch) Select
TopSub  = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders[Common Desktop]"
Deana F.
Technical Support
Wilson WindowWare Inc.

seckner

Pure genius - it was the leading backslash that's been beating me raw for the last few hours.. THANK YOU! :)