Copying Folder to Multiple User Document Folders

I can't find anything in the forums which exactly covers my situation, so I apologize if I am covering old ground.
Is it possible to copy a folder and it's contents to a users document folder on multiple computers via ARD 2.X?
In other words, I want to take a folder and use ARD 2.x to copy that folder to say fifty unique users' document folder over the network without having to enter a new command for each user the folder is copied to.
Does anyone have an idea as to how to do this?

You might try copying it to Users/Shared. That way it is available to everyone on the machine and you only have to copy it once to each computer. What kind of a folder is it? Some apps (like Word) have template folders that all users get when they load the app, so you could just copy your items to that folder, depending on what kind of file it is.

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tastyrico wrote:
Hi Drew,
Thanks for the recommendations. They are useful tips to have in the arsenal, thanks. However, the preferences discussed are intended for directly attached external hard disks and the specific discussion was to make it available to the network on a Mac that is powered up with no user logged in (like a OS X Server but user still need to log in).
That's correct, I'm sorry I am wrong.
I do remember another defaults write option for detaching network drives on 'switch to loginwindow' because I needed the same thing - eventually I gave up & disabled fast user switching, it reduced the amount of issues for the clients. Sorry for confusing the two.
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4144999
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2712085
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Good morning all -
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I was going to warn you but this is more fun.
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I am at my wits end into this. Either I am doing it the wrong way or it is not possible.
Let me explain. I need a vb script for the following scenario:
1. The script is to run on multiple Windows 7 machines (32-Bit & 64-Bit alike).
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The only part pending, is to achieve this for the 'My Documents' folder within each User Profile folder.
Is this possible?
Please help.

Here are a bunch of scripts to get folder size under all circumstances. Take your pick.
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It is not really practical for multiple users on different PCs to use the same library database. This is because the iTunes database is not multiuser, the can however share the same content files.
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and thanks for looking into this
At our company we're still in doubt wether or not to update our software to CC or just update to CS6. Currently we all have different versions (going from CS3 to CS5), and that's really time-consuming.
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Working on magazines, catalogues or books this would be a major time-saving option!
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Let me attempt an answer.
Short answer, no. Multiple users cannot edit a the same file at the same time.
You'll need a content management system, to enable check in/check out, prevent overwrites etc. But (there's always a but), Creative Cloud offers several workflows and tools that can be used to help streamline multi-user publication workflows.
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Link Ps and Ai or other files when you place them in the InDesign layout. That way whenever a designer updates an asset, InDesign will notify you that a linked file has changed and you can choose to update the link.
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Control read/write access to individual files using the OS commands on the file directory/server. For example, Layout designers only have edit permissions on the layout (indd files); while Photographers can only edit .psd files, and so on. For small teams this might not be necessary, but for larger teams this may help.
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