Group Policy and setting the transcription directory

[Kurt Buff]

I've got a couple of devs that are annoyed that the transcription is creating so many folders in their Documents folder.

I'm not going to turn it off, but I know I can set it to log to a different directory. I think it makes sense to do that in another directory in their profile, but I'm unsure how to specify that in the GPO.

Could I specify it as something like this? %APPDATA%\PSLOGS\

Kurt

[Wright, John M]

We don’t use transcription but this post claims that environment variables won’t work as the path for it:  https://4sysops.com/archives/log-powershell-command-outputs-with-group-policy/

 

I know you’ve said you prefer a directory in the dev’s profile but a shared folder on a server might be easier, and it would keep it out of the devs’ sight.

 

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[Michael B. Smith]

You can also enable the policy and then write the registry value yourself for the location:

 

https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.PowerShell::EnableTranscripting

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[Kurt Buff]

The devs frequently operate outside of our perimeter with no connection internally.

I think I'll just set up a new directory - C:\PSLogs.

I didn't find that article in my searching, BTW - good find.

Kurt

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[Kurt Buff]

I saw that. I think that gets a little bit too fiddly, and a directory out at the root of C:\ seems the better way to go.

Kurt

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