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Local drive redirection

Asked by: informatique-hamel

I got some workstation here who when you select to connect the local drive in the Terminal Server session that do not work. It seem that only the admins on the server can map their local drive and i have check in the group policy and there is no restriction about that. Any idea ?

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2008-06-26 at 13:50:51ID23519845
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drive

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local

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redirection

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terminal

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Windows NT Networking

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Hard Drives & Storage

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Computer Servers

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Answers

 

by: ms-proPosted on 2008-06-27 at 08:55:10ID: 21885067

Terminal Server User's Home Directory Is Not Set Correctly
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230165

or apply TS Home DIrctory under Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Terminal Services TS home direcotry enable that policy to map user home directory on ts.

 

by: informatique-hamelPosted on 2008-07-04 at 05:25:17ID: 21932676

That's not my problem, i mean that if i want to map a local drive on my PC into the TS session i can't see it if i'm not part of the administrator group in the domain.

 

by: ohadsPosted on 2009-02-02 at 06:46:46ID: 23527290

I have the samr problem !!!!!

instead of mapping local drives it maps empty icons that describe as system folder

 

by: kibatsuPosted on 2009-02-10 at 15:22:07ID: 23606698

We're having this problem for a client too, and there doesn't seem to be any information about it.

The problem appears to be with the Terminal Server, and with the client's user profile on the Terminal Server. If we log in with that person's username from another computer, the problem still happens. Recreating the users profile on the TS fixed it temporarily, but the problem is back.

Try the following, in order, these may resolve the issue. We're just testing this now:
1. Update the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service to v1.6d http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en

2. If the problem is just with some user accounts and not all of them, create a new user account in Active Directory and manually import the user's old details into the new acounts.

We're about to test these solutions. Basically we think there is either a bug in UPHC Service v1.5x, or there is a problem with the details for the user's account in AD.

 

by: kibatsuPosted on 2009-02-12 at 20:05:30ID: 23629780

Just to follow up, we tested this solution and it seems to have fixed the problem.

 

by: stevepoPosted on 2009-09-11 at 07:00:59ID: 25309578

All,

I am facing the same issue with Terminal Server as ohads but I notice that the drives are in fact getting mapped but they just appear as "System Folder" under "My Computer" under the "Other" heading and are inaccessible via those shortcuts.  If on your Terminal Server session you create a shortcut in My Network Places to:  \\tsclient\c  you will be able to see the contents of the C: drive mapped from the user's local machine even though the drives do not appear in "My Computer"

Also, kibatsu just to clarify you posted two solutions and mentioned that you tested and it seemed to fix the problem.  Which solution resolved #1 (update UPHC Service) or #2 (Create new account in AD) or both?

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