Where is the location for the windows logon script?

[tomcolgan]

I am looking for the location for the windows logon script file. I need to compare two script files
The issue that I am having is that one laptop is not automatically mapping network drives even though the user is in the correct active directory group.
Another user is in the same group and has the network drive mapped, so I need to compare both logon scripts from both laptops.
Maybe these scripts can be read or edited in notepad but I need the location if anybody can help?

 

[Pyprohly]

Hello Tomcolgan,

To find the location of a user's logon script, while logged in as the user, run the command:
net user "%USERNAME%" | find "Logon script"
or for a domain user,
net user "%USERNAME%" /domain | find "Logon script"

 

[tomcolgan]

Thanks for your reply but can you check my screenshot it doesn't seem to work

in the username part am I to use only LDAP or full email address for domain user

also in the domain part do I put in my domain or leave it as domain

 

[Tookeri]

You should use the exact command as Pyprohly suggested in bold. Copy and paste it

 

[tomcolgan]

Okay thanks I'll give this a try in work tomorrow! And I will revert back

 

[tomcolgan]

Okay so I copied and pasted it in and nothing came back only the words Logon Script

 

[Yard Dog]

Hello.. have you looked at this to make sure all is good ? : http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18203-internet-troubleshooting-guide.html

 

[Pyprohly]

Okay so I copied and pasted it in and nothing came back only the words Logon Script

Then there is no logon script assigned to the user. However, this logon script feature isn't the only method one can go about for executing a script during logon.

Every user has a Startup folder. Each item in this Startup folder is invoked during a user's logon phase. It's rather informal for a domain administrator to setup user accounts this way, but it does get the job done.

The location of a user's Startup folder is
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or the Startup folder for all users on the machine,
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Try checking those locations for the logon script.

 

[tomcolgan]

Okay so I copied and pasted it in and nothing came back only the words Logon Script

Then there is no logon script assigned to the user. However, this logon script feature isn't the only method one can go about for executing a script during logon.

Every user has a Startup folder. Each item in this Startup folder is invoked during a user's logon phase. It's rather informal for a domain administrator to setup user accounts this way, but it does get the job done.

The location of a user's Startup folder is
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or the Startup folder for all users on the machine,
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Try checking those locations for the logon script.

Found nothing, would you know what the script file is? e.g .bat .exe .ini

 

[DavidE]

Can you run the commands Pyprohly gave you for the PC/user that does work correctly ?
If you find the working script, can you copy it to the PC/user (same location) that doesn't work?
Maybe that will help ???

 

[Pyprohly]

The logon script might be a task triggered through Task Scheduler. That's my final guess.

Found nothing, would you know what the script file is?

It's likely either a .bat or .vbs file (more likely .vbs). You can try searching the entire user's home folder for these file extensions with the following command. (Added in .js and .ps1 script types just incase)

dir "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\*.bat" "*.vbs" "*.js" "*.ps1" /a /b /s

I doubt you'll find any script though. Might have to give the person who set up the user accounts a ring.