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Error Redirecting My Document Folder
Hi there
Hi there
I have implemented a group policy that will redirect My Document folder to a specific location with the following settings:
Computer Configuration:
System/Logon: Always wait for the network at computer start-up and logon
User Configuration:
Folder Redirection
My Documents
Settings: Basic (Redirect everyones folder to the same location)
Options: Grant user exclusive rights to My Documents
Move the contents of My Documents to the new location
I applied this policy on both the Computers OU and Users OU in Active Directory (I am not entirely sure why it has to be applied on the computer OU). The policy worked for most users and when I try as an administrator to access My Document folder for any user I will get access denied as the administrator is not the owner of the folder but I could see the My Document folder where it should be.
However, only for some users I could see that when they save anything to their My Document folder it saves to their personal drive on the server and when I check the location of my document folder I see the path like P:\my document
I presume that they were manually moved before I created the new group policy settings (after I joined)
When I check the event viewer on the client machine I see the following error
Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents. The new directories for the redirected folder could not be created. The folder is configured to be redirected to <\\Divfp1\users\%USERNAME%
This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.
I tried to move the location for My Document folder to where it should be but then I started to get this error in the event viewer:
Aborting redirection of folder My Documents. The new folder path cannot be a subdirectory of the current path. The folder is configured to be redirected to <\\Divfp1\users\%USERNAME%
Why is that happening and how I can sort it out
Many thanks
Hi there
I have implemented a group policy that will redirect My Document folder to a specific location with the following settings:
Computer Configuration:
System/Logon: Always wait for the network at computer start-up and logon
User Configuration:
Folder Redirection
My Documents
Settings: Basic (Redirect everyones folder to the same location)
Options: Grant user exclusive rights to My Documents
Move the contents of My Documents to the new location
I applied this policy on both the Computers OU and Users OU in Active Directory (I am not entirely sure why it has to be applied on the computer OU). The policy worked for most users and when I try as an administrator to access My Document folder for any user I will get access denied as the administrator is not the owner of the folder but I could see the My Document folder where it should be.
However, only for some users I could see that when they save anything to their My Document folder it saves to their personal drive on the server and when I check the location of my document folder I see the path like P:\my document
I presume that they were manually moved before I created the new group policy settings (after I joined)
When I check the event viewer on the client machine I see the following error
Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents. The new directories for the redirected folder could not be created. The folder is configured to be redirected to <\\Divfp1\users\%USERNAME%
This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.
I tried to move the location for My Document folder to where it should be but then I started to get this error in the event viewer:
Aborting redirection of folder My Documents. The new folder path cannot be a subdirectory of the current path. The folder is configured to be redirected to <\\Divfp1\users\%USERNAME%
Why is that happening and how I can sort it out
Many thanks
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hi and thanks for your comment.
I am not entirely sure I fully understood what you mean. Could you please explain more?
thanks
I am not entirely sure I fully understood what you mean. Could you please explain more?
thanks
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Create a migration Ou, and link the redirection-GPO without moving data to the migration-OU. Move the user to the migration-Ou and let him login. Move the files manually.