Home Directories and Non-Windows NT Clients

 Last reviewed: May 12, 1997
Article ID: Q106389
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

When you log on to a Windows NT domain from a non-Windows NT client, the home directory specified in your account profile does not have any effect.

A Windows NT home directory is a directory that is accessible to a user and may contain that user's files and programs. The specified home directory becomes the user's default directory for the File Open and Save As dialog boxes, the command prompt, and applications that do not have a defined working directory.

The home directory for a particular user account can be specified by using User Manager to set the profile for the user account. The home directory setting in the User Environment Profile dialog box, however, only takes effect when you log on to a client running Windows NT or Windows NT Advanced Server.

For example, if you connect to a Windows NT domain from a client running LAN Manager and Windows 3.1, any home directory specified in the logon account profile is ignored. Therefore, if you run COMMAND.COM or activate the File Open dialog box, the default directory will be the directory defined by the Windows 3.1 WINDIR environment variable.

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbtool ntsecurity ntutil
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 12, 1997
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