List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

[Guest]

I need a list of files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all of the workstations in my resourse domain.
The users should not be putting files there.
This is why I am monitoring this.

[kstanush]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

First, see if you can generate a list from the command line on your computer, by issuing a command like:

dir \\server\c$\documents and settings\all users\my documents

You might need to enclose all or part of the command in quotations, and play around with some settings on the "dir" command to format the output the way that you want to. If you get that to work right, then let us know and I'll be able to show you how to create a batch file to do this for all of your computers.

[Guest]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

Hey K
Thanks for replying

Ohhhhh....
I was able to get the dir "\\...." to work for me.
So now I can create a bat file to run this multiple times for all of the work stations in the resource domain.
I think I am getting the idea.

So the next move is to create a bat file that will list all of the workstations with the dir command.

Am I on the right track??

[kstanush]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

Yes, you have the idea now. To create the batch file, in Hyena:

- Display the computers that you want to inventory in Hyena's right window.
- Select the ones that you want, or press Control-A to select them all
- Select Tools->Generate macro
- Enter in for the macro command string something like dir "\\%E%\<path>"
- Enter in a file path and name to save the batch file to.
- You can also save the "command" in case you need to reenter it later.

Click OK and Hyena will make the batch file for you and substitute the %E% with the computer name. Hyena will NOT execute the batch file.

[Guest]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

ALRIGHT!!!

IT WORKS!!! YEEEEHHHAAAA!!!!

Thanks K



One more question

Where can I find info on the %e% in the macro.
How do you know how to use e and not another letter.

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[Guest]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

Ahhhh! I think I spoke to soon.

K. What is the next move after I have the bat file.
I would like to put this into a form that I can read ez. Like a spread sheet.
It has somthing to do with csv files.
Right?
Oh yeah. When I ran the bat file it kept saying access denied. As long as I login as a administrator that should fix that.
Right?



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[kstanush]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

The output can be hard to parse, so if you just want filenames, use the /B switch on the dir command. I don't know how to get the server in the output however. To create one big file, you would have to append the output to a file, ie dir ... >> files.txt

[Guest]

Re: List files in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\My Documents for all workstatio

Thanks For all your help K

Will talk again.