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Copy files from the same subdirectory to the same Directory in Windows
I am having a hard time describing the problem and I can't find the solution anywhere so here is an example
SourceFolder\ProjectA\Legal\ContractA.txt
SourceFolder\ProjectB\Legal\ContractB.txt
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What does "Promote this server to domain controller" actually mean, when the server is already a DC?
Apologies in advance, I've already Googled this and I keep finding things about domain controllers not promoting, etc. I found one question that was close, but they didn't actually go into depth about ...
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Windows cannot set folder security by user group
I have create a new user group [Group A] in Windows Server, create a new user [User 1] as member of [Group A].
If I set a folder security to [Allow] by user [User 1], the setting will work, [User 1] ...
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Explanation :File permissions override folder permissions, unless the Full Control permission has been granted to the folder
According to the article:
http://ntfs.com/ntfs-permissions-precedence.htm
The hierarchy of precedence for the permissions can be summarized as
follows, with the higher precedence permissions listed ...
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Upgrade from Win 7 to WIn 10 causing slowness due to home folders on DFS share
I have my home folders pointing to DFS share.
Problem started when I am trying to upgrade my windows 7 to Windows 10, it is trying to scan thousands of profiles on the DFS instead of the system local ...
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Conditional Forwarder or DNS Stub Zone to Non-Authoritative DNS Zone
How could I go about forwarding DNS lookups to a non-authorative zone, in a sort of 'next hop' scenario?
The setups is as follows:
One ADDS Domain (contosob.local) which contains two DNS servers, ...
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Folder Security Permission corrupted
i m using windows server 2003, in which the AD was corrupted. now i m moved to new server but my files and folders security permission was corrupted. every folder file i have to re- enable the admin ...
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Cant see computer in windows local network
I work with local network where are 50 computers. All are conneceted by 10 switches. Inside network is local group - MSHOME where computers have one shared folder. The problem is that some but not all ...
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Using Robocopy to search and copy directories using pattern matching
I have tried to find an answer to this but most questions related to robocopy and pattern matching are focused on excluding folders whereas my intention is to include folders.
Assuming i have the ...
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Allow a user to read some other users' home directories - Windows
I have an user - reception with a home directory ("\nas\home") which I want to share it with another user only i.e.: john
I'm looking for a way around of it as we the way SMB home shares are treated ...
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Cannot delete folder because it's open in another process
I cannot delete a folder that's located on a network path because "The file is open in another process". I have managed to recursively delete the folder contents with powershell, but not the root ...
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Folders starting with a dot
I'm a little curious about something, I'm running Windows 7 and I had a folder called .Net Framework which I wanted to rename to remove the space. So I tried to call it .Net_framework but Windows ...
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How to "stage" file movements before performing them on Windows?
I have a disk with terabytes of data. I would like to reorganize the disk.
The problem on Windows is that if I move one of the directories to the new place, I have to wait hours for that relocation ...
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Windows Server on domain, log on with domain user or local server account?
I have two servers set up, one is as active directory, and the other I am still configuring. On the server that is connected to the domain controller, should I be logging in as the local Administrator ...
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Confused on BigFix relevance - x64 files
I am using BigFix in an Enterprise Environment and noticed a recent round of Microsoft patches for 2016 have failed on a small group of assets. I was able to work around this by creating Custom Copy ...
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Windows Server 2008/2012 DFS won't replicate one folder
I have a problem with Windows 2008 DC replicating to Windows 2012 DC. I've been dealing with this for 6 months.
The replicated folder contains 15 folders and 0 files in the root.
All of the folders ...
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Windows network folder directory list inconsistent when viewed from two different client machines
I am on a corporate network using Windows. There is a network share provided by a NetApp appliance. When I log on to two different machines and view the network drive, I see inconsistent directory ...
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Deleting sub-directories from multiple parent folders in Windows
I'm looking for a script in Windows that will delete subdirectories older than 7 days but for multiple parent folders, I don't want to list them one by one in my batch file.
My folders are structured ...
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What Are The Best Practices For Business Folder Structure?
We've tended in the past towards having departmental folders (Sales, Marketing, etc) on a single share and then adding folders below these ad-hoc as and when they're needed.
It's gotten a bit messy - ...
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Windows 7 / 2008 connect to VPN at login with Group Policy
I am trying to find a way to have windows 7 VPN clients connect to the VPN server automatically via Group Policy. I tried using a login script but it looks like the scripts are shared from sysvol and ...
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ASP.NET Webapp Works as Full Website, but not as Application
I have a fairly simple ASP.NET (targeting.NET 4.0) web app, which is used as a dynamic request form. I have tested this and it is working as a Web Site within IIS 7 running on Windows Server 2008 R2. ...
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Cannot rename new folders in a server folder
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - Windows 7 SP1 - Folder located on server, normally accessed via drive letter
There is one folder on the network where all users have modify rights. Suddenly people are ...
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windows server C drive and shared folder permission [closed]
i have an app, that needs to run in the folder in root of C drive (C:\AppFolder).
And on client, i need map network drive for C:\ because that app searches for \AppFolder... directory.
So i have ...
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Setting folder permission on a remote Windows 2008 R2 server in PowerShell or Command Prompt
Does anyone know of a way to set a folder's permissions on a remote server using either PowerShell or the command prompt?
In other words, sitting at server01, launch PS or CP, type a command to set \...
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Accessing files using folder name and ~folder name
When I try to access a folder:
cd "c:\users\myname\google drive\apache-tomcat-7.0.25"
it works fine. However when I try:
cd C:\Users\myname\GOOGLE~1\apache-tomcat-7.0.25
it doesn't (folder not ...
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Local login script to delete folder of currently logged in user
How can I create a login script that will delete the contents of the folder below, each time a user logs off of a PC? (We have a shared PC that about a dozen users use, for a particular program. That ...
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NTFS Permissions for root share that houses Home Directories Windows Server 2008 R2
I am using the AD Profile Tab to Auto create Home Directories at \\server\home, so that the permissions are automatically created.
What should the NTFS permissions be for the actual folder that the ...
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csvde doesn't import users
I have a small problem as I'm a server manager beginner, I installed a Domain Controller on my Windows Server 2008, and I created three OUs, now I'm trying to add users to each OU via csvde command, ...
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OID (directory service) Installation and configuration on Windows 2003 R2
I need your help in installing and configuring Oracle Internet Directory service on Windows 2003 R2 server machine, I was wondering if anyone can provide any useful tutorial links on the same. I did ...
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Windows Batch folder size
I need a command (like "dir") that lists all directories with their size. I need just a 1 level deepness but with the total size of a directory.
For example
>dirsize c:/mainfolder
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Windows Explorer defaultly showed attributes [closed]
Which folder artibutes does the Windows Explorer hide?
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how can I set all folders to show file version at an OS level?
I'm managing a lot of dll's and one thing I have to do constantly when copying them around is to turn on the file version attribute display in the folder where my dll's are. I'd like to set this ...
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Sharing folder with 10m+ files on win xp takes hours to set access rights [closed]
I try to share whole partition in windows xp. On this partition are 10+ milion files. Windows sets access rights to each of them and it has been doining that for last 12 hours and hasn't yet finished. ...
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Add a second DNS server to a windows domain
I have a win 2008 r2 AD server that acts as the primary DNS for all clients on the network. I'm having some issues with the response times when resolving external domains and would like to add another ...
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delete all folders with tmp in name using batch file
Have tried to google this, but I always seem to get results relating to .tmp files, which isnt really any use.
I have only a basic understanding of batch files, but I think I need something like this:...
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Command-Line folder structure on Windows
I need to create a folder structure via command line, structure is as follows :
username > folder1 > folder2 > folder3 (and there are subdirectories within these folders as well)
This is a windows ...
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Windows 7 Folders vs Windows Server Folders Order
I believe Windows 7 and Windows Server order folder names differently. I am using Windows Server Datacenter.
On a Windows 7 machine I had two folder: 001_SCHEMA and 01_AddFields. When ordered in ...
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Windows Folder Permission
May i check for the below folder rights, is the user able to read files inside of the folder?
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Can I make windows treat Shortcuts to Folders the same it would a Folder?
I'm moving some folders to an external storage drive and replacing them with a Shortcut, however the shortcut is listed in with the Files, not the Folders. It also doesn't show up in the folder Tree ...
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List of Different Directory Sizes
I have a list of folders on my network in a .txt, which are stored in different locations throughout the network. Looking for a tool or script to pull the size of those folders and output them to a ...
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How to lock down a folder for an administrator?
In a windows 2008 R2 server with multiple administrator accounts,
is it possible to create private folders (one per admin) in one drive that the other administrators cannot unlock (gain access to)?
I ...
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Windows 2008 - number of folders
We are using Windows 2008 (EC2) and have application that stores large number of subfolders in a specific folder (i.e. root/subfolder1, root/subfolder2, root/subfolder3 etc.)
We are expecting tens of ...
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How to synchronize local directory with another local directory on another partition or disk
I would like to synchronize my local directory content with another local directory on another partition or disk (or e.g. a pendrive).
I can synchronize my local directory content with a remote one (...
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How to map a folder to memory?
Is there a way to map a particular folder to memory? Say I have C:\somePath and I want that folder to be in memory at all times and maybe changes are dumped to HDD asynchronously without my notice. So ...
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Is there a Folder/File Syncronization Tool that can generate a synchronization script
I am looking for a tool that can synchronize folders by generating a script that can then be run from a command line, and the script generated does not require the tool to be installed to work.
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How to protect a local NTFS folder so only it's owner can access (i.e. not a local / domain admin)
What i'd like to do is to set up such folder permissions so the folder can be accessed only by a user who created it (or one, who knows his password).
Is it possible? Is it secure?
I tried to set ...
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Active Directory Merge - Merging User accounts
I need to merge two active directories, OLD and NEW.
However, many users already exist in both OLD and NEW with the same userid.
I want to preserve the sid of Bill@new, while merging in the sid ...
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"The local device name is already in use" error when connecting to user home directory shared folders
We have a Windows Server 2003 running active directory - the users login with their AD accounts from their PCs. We have setup a file server where each AD user has a shared network folder hosted on the ...
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Free tool/script for directory size calculation [closed]
Does anyone know of a free command-line tool or script that calculates the size of a directory including all subdirectories?
It needs to be compatible with Windows 7, work with hard links and ...
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How do I restrict the Open/Save dialog in Windows to one folder?
I spend a significant amount of time helping non-techies use their PC's. I realized most of that time is spent trying to explain to them how the Windows folder hierarchy works, where the "open file" ...
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