Riley McArdle

KiXtart is an easy to use scripting language that is ideal for logon scripts. I use KiXtart for the logon script at Ergotron to map network drives and printers, adjust system settings, remove unwanted programs, install standard software and more. Over the last few years, the script has grown to over 1,800 lines but still runs quickly and is fairly easy to maintain.

Periodically, I’ll post about common logon and administrative tasks that I’ve found KiXtart useful for.

Here’s an example of a simple use of KiXtart to map different network drives for different groups of users.

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; Everyone gets a drive mapped to the "Company Documents" share
USE "X:" "\\SERVER\Company Documents"
 
; Only users in the "Finance" group get a drive mapped to the "Finance" share
IF INGROUP ("Finance")
	USE "Y:" "\\SERVER\Finance"
ENDIF