The folder redirection is performed using Active Directory group policy, which controls all of our corporate workstations. As you say that you Mesh can't sync to network folders, i guess this is the reason that they end up in my c:\documents and settings\username\desktop folder, as redirected 'desktop' and 'my document' folders are always on network shares.
The registry values you asked about, on my work XP based machine are:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
- Desktop -
\\server_name\share\path (i.e. the UNC to the share that holds my redirected desktop
- DesktopDirectory - not present, no key or value
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
- Desktop -
\\server_name\share\path (i.e. the UNC to the share that holds my redirected desktop
- DesktopDirectory - not present, no key or value
The API that i always use, SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(CSIDL_DESKTOP), returns the UNC redirected path not the local directory as does SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY) and i've never understodd which one is correct to use!. Again, i assume Mesh is reading this, and because it is a network path it ignores it. I would think that if this is the case, then it would be better to use somewhere else (temp?) that is outside of the users 'roaming profile' directory but thats just my opinion.
*Note updated as i put the wrong API in first (idiot!)
Thanks for discussing this, its good to see that things like this are taken seriously.
James
