My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.

I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.

How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
--
Regards,
Jamie

Sorry guys, this posted to the wrong forum. Just ignore it.
--
Regards,
Jamie


"thejamie" wrote:

> My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
>
> I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
>
> How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie

Someone else agrees:

http://www.isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/real...t/skel.en.html


"thejamie" wrote:

> My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
>
> I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
>
> How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie

Look at why the author chose this path. He wanted the user to start off with
a good profile... a useful profile. Now it seems this has become an admin
tool to monitor everything the company should monitor (useful, but not when
it slows down productivity).
--
Regards,
Jamie


"Jamie" wrote:

> Someone else agrees:
>
> http://www.isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/real...t/skel.en.html
>
>
> "thejamie" wrote:
>
> > My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> > Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> > waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> > sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
> >
> > I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> > C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
> >
> > How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> > Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> > admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> > first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jamie

OK, as it so happens it isn't totally the wrong forum since VS2005 is also
the BI for SQL Server Management so with this in mind, I did find how to
change this:

In the registry folder:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software\Microsoft\Windows
\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\User Shell Folders

you will find an entry called "Personal" which will point to "C:\Documents
and Settings\My Documents"

If you copy "My Documents" to your root drive (C:\), and change this one
line, everything else will default to C:\My Documents instead of
"C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents" As to whether is will prevent
Server 2003 from issuing its shadow over that folder, I can't say just yet,
but it does appear to have improved my ability to open and close Visual
Studio quickly for the time being.
--
Regards,
Jamie


"thejamie" wrote:

> My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
>
> I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
>
> How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie

When you finish, don't forget to run your import and export settings wizard
(Tools menu)
--
Regards,
Jamie


"thejamie" wrote:

> OK, as it so happens it isn't totally the wrong forum since VS2005 is also
> the BI for SQL Server Management so with this in mind, I did find how to
> change this:
>
> In the registry folder:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> \Software\Microsoft\Windows
> \CurrentVersion\Explorer
> \User Shell Folders
>
> you will find an entry called "Personal" which will point to "C:\Documents
> and Settings\My Documents"
>
> If you copy "My Documents" to your root drive (C:\), and change this one
> line, everything else will default to C:\My Documents instead of
> "C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents" As to whether is will prevent
> Server 2003 from issuing its shadow over that folder, I can't say just yet,
> but it does appear to have improved my ability to open and close Visual
> Studio quickly for the time being.
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie
>
>
> "thejamie" wrote:
>
> > My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> > Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> > waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> > sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
> >
> > I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> > C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
> >
> > How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> > Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> > admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> > first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jamie

That doesn't work. The SBS 2003 flips the registry entry back to the server
user file. Then it dumps your file.

"thejamie" wrote:

> When you finish, don't forget to run your import and export settings wizard
> (Tools menu)
> --
> Regards,
> Jamie
>
>
> "thejamie" wrote:
>
> > OK, as it so happens it isn't totally the wrong forum since VS2005 is also
> > the BI for SQL Server Management so with this in mind, I did find how to
> > change this:
> >
> > In the registry folder:
> > HKEY_CURRENT_USER
> > \Software\Microsoft\Windows
> > \CurrentVersion\Explorer
> > \User Shell Folders
> >
> > you will find an entry called "Personal" which will point to "C:\Documents
> > and Settings\My Documents"
> >
> > If you copy "My Documents" to your root drive (C:\), and change this one
> > line, everything else will default to C:\My Documents instead of
> > "C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents" As to whether is will prevent
> > Server 2003 from issuing its shadow over that folder, I can't say just yet,
> > but it does appear to have improved my ability to open and close Visual
> > Studio quickly for the time being.
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jamie
> >
> >
> > "thejamie" wrote:
> >
> > > My rant - profiles slow things up when you connect VIA VPN. I use Source
> > > Safe religiously and don't want the profile - it gets in the way - ho hum,
> > > waiting for the server to synchronize... hmmm, just ate lunch, getting
> > > sleepy, still waiting..., ho hum <snore>.
> > >
> > > I adjusted the registry items and the Visual Studio 2005 folder to the
> > > C:\VS8 folder that I created in my root and the program opens up quickly.
> > >
> > > How do I keep the VS 2005 from recreating that foolish folder in MY
> > > Documents every time I open the program? (yep, I understand that the net
> > > admin has to be paranoid about what is done on my machine... which came
> > > first, the Shadow Syncronization or the Source Safe for Visual Studio, AHEM!)
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Jamie