My Documents creation, where does it get the original?

[ireland]

Where does Windows (XP) make a copy of the My Documents from?

I want my installer to add some documents on a machine wide scope which will get copied into each new users My Documents when the create their account.

Cheers,
Eire.

[Lars(NL)]

I don't believe it works that easy.
To my knowledge there is no "template directory" that Windows simply copies for a new user and renames to the account name.

If you're aiming to achieve that something appears, for instance, in every user's start menu you should use the start menu subdirectory in the "All Users" profile, usually located at "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users(\Start Menu)".

A user's start menu is always made up from the contents of both his own specific start menu folder and the "All Users" equivalent.

[Krishnaa]

it doesnt work this way, there is no template where from files are copied while creating new user's profile. My Documents folder is created and is empty when new profile is created.

[ireland]

That's fine guys, I've found an alternative.

[PeejAvery]

That's fine guys, I've found an alternative.

Glad to hear it. Can you post it just in case someone else desires to accomplish what you have done?

[ireland]

No probs but my solution is application specific, Visual Studio in this case.
I copy the Project Template .zip files into the Visual Studio installation, C:\Program Files\Micorosft Visual Studio 8\common7\IDE\Project Templates\CSharp.
This makes the my custom project templates available to all users.