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Hi warriorfan808,<br />
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the folders them selves will stay in tact..... but they will of course, have the last and latest updated data....... i would log the machines in, take the profile path out, then establish your folder redirection policy
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Hi warriorfan808,

the folders them selves will stay in tact..... but they will of course, have the last and latest updated data....... i would log the machines in, take the profile path out, then establish your folder redirection policy

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Thanks Jay Jay. &nbsp;That was a method that I figured would work. &nbsp;Have you tried it? &nbsp;I think I'm going to make a user, have him roam, try your method and see if it works.<br />
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I'll let you know man.
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Thanks Jay Jay.  That was a method that I figured would work.  Have you tried it?  I think I'm going to make a user, have him roam, try your method and see if it works.

I'll let you know man.

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I had some synchronzing issues recently, so I started using folder redirection. &nbsp;My problem now is that I don't want to mess up anyone's profile. &nbsp;If they're currently using a roaming profile and their data is stored in one folder , in the folder in their profile path, what happens to all that data if I create a group policy to have their desktop; startup menu; my documents and application data to go into redirected folders?<br />
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Is there a procedure that should be followed when doing this? &nbsp;The only safe way I can think of is logging into each and every account, backing up data and then converting. &nbsp;There has to be a better way.
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I had some synchronzing issues recently, so I started using folder redirection.  My problem now is that I don't want to mess up anyone's profile.  If they're currently using a roaming profile and their data is stored in one folder , in the folder in their profile path, what happens to all that data if I create a group policy to have their desktop; startup menu; my documents and application data to go into redirected folders?

Is there a procedure that should be followed when doing this?  The only safe way I can think of is logging into each and every account, backing up data and then converting.  There has to be a better way.

Converting from Roaming Profile to Folder Redirect

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).