From:	cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject:	Re: HKEYs used for mount in NT registry
30 Jul 1998 16:36:31 GMT :
Message-ID:	<6pq7ef$igu$1@cronkite.cygnus.com>
References:	<01BDBAD5 DOT F2190BD0 DOT bills DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT warwick DOT net>
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In article <01BDBAD5 DOT F2190BD0 DOT bills DOT cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT warwick DOT net>,
bills <bills AT warwick DOT 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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