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Hack 24 Restore the Active Directory Icon in Windows XP
A useful feature in Windows 2000 that enables
users to browse Active Directory is missing in Windows XP;
here's how to get it back.
In Windows 2000, when Active Directory is deployed, a user can easily browse
Active Directory by double-clicking on My Network Places and then
double-clicking on Entire Network. This displays the Directory icon
(Figure 2-9), which represents Active Directory for
the network.
Figure 2-9. The Directory icon in Windows 2000
Successive double-clicking on this icon can then display information
about which users, groups, printers, and other objects are listed for
each domain. For each object selected, only a limited amount of
information is displayed, but this can sometimes be handy for users
who need to browse the directory for information. For example, a
User object has a properties sheet with only three
tabs on it: General, Address, and Business (see Figure 2-10), which is much less than the dozen or so tabs
displayed when the properties sheet for the object is opened in
Active Directory Users and Computers. Note that the user information
is grayed out in the Figure 2-10; this is because
the currently logged on user (James Brown) is an ordinary user and
therefore can view selected information about other users but cannot
change this information.
Figure 2-10. Browsing the Directory icon for information about a user
Unfortunately, in Windows XP the directory icon is now gone, but if
you want your users to have access to it, you can use this hack to
add it back. If you have Windows 2000 computers running on your
network (hopefully, with the latest service pack), the steps are
simple. If not, you'll need the full instructions.
The Easy Way
If you have a Windows 2000 computer handy, simply navigate to the
C:\Windows\system32 directory of the Windows
2000 computer and find the dsfolder.dll file.
Copy that file to the system32 directory of your
Windows XP computer. Now click Start, and then click Run. In the Open
box, type regsvr32 dsfolder.dll and then click OK.
When you receive the message "DllRegisterServer in
dsfolder.dll succeeded," click OK.
The Hard Way
If you don't have a Windows 2000 computer handy, do
the following:
Download the latest Microsoft Windows 2000 service pack from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/.
Use an extract program (e.g., WinZip) to extract the files to a new
folder.
In the new folder, double-click i386.
In the i386 folder, expand the compressed
Dsfolder.dl file to
Dsfolder.dll. To do so, first note the location
of the folder where you extracted the files in step 2. For example,
the i386 folder path might be
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\FolderName\i386
or something similar. Click Start, and then click Run. In
the Open box, type a command that is similar to this:
Expand "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\FolderName\i386\Dsfolder.dl_"
"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\FolderName\i386\Dsfolder.dll"
In Windows Explorer, copy Dsfolder.dll from the
i386 folder to the C:\Windows\System32
folder. Note that your Windows folder might be named
something other than Windows, depending on
whether you did a clean install or upgrade.
Finally, click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type
regsvr32 dsfolder.dll and then
click OK. When you receive the message
"DllRegisterServer in dsfolder.dll
succeeded," click OK.
The next time you view Network Neighborhood, you should have
an Active Directory icon available.
John Gormly
