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Mapped drive can't be changed; keeps returning to old folder

Asked by ni68ana in Windows Server 2008, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista

I am in the middle of a transition from windows server 2003 to 2008, and am trying to redirect users' network drives from the old 2003 server to the 2008. Users have a U: drive which points to their personal folder on the server. I have made the change redirecting to the folder on the new server in the logon script, and applied it thru group policy.
All users are running vista SP1.
For some users this has worked OK, and their U: drive now points to the new server, but for a particular user the drive insists on pointing to the folder on the old server. I have run gpupdate /force on the workstation, no luck, also tried manually deleting the old mapping and creating a new one to the new folder. I've also enabled more aggressive processing in the site GPO by enabling computer configuration | admin templates | system | group policy | folder redirection / network shares policy processing | process even if no changes were made. Still maps to folder on the old server. Also if I set a local policy on her machine redirecting to the new folder, still no go.
By the way, folder redirection works for this user. Her desktop and documents open from the folder on the new server. Just that her U: drive keeps mapping to the old location.
Any suggestions much appreciated... thanks.

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Mapped drive can't be changed; keeps returning to old folder

Asked by ni68ana in Windows Server 2008, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista

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