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1. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Open the GPO which is linked to the site, domain, or OU that holds the users for which you want to enable folder redirection. <br />
2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Expand the User Configuration node, expand the Windows Settings node, and then expand the Folder Redirection node. <br />
3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Right-click the folder which should be redirected and then select Properties from the shortcut menu. <br />
4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When the Properties dialog box for the folder which you selected for redirection opens, in the Setting list of the Target tab, choose the Basic?Redirect Everyone?s Folder To The Same Location option. <br />
5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Select one of the following options from the Target Folder Location list: <br />
? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create A Folder For Each User Under The Root Path, a folder with the name of the user is created in the root path. <br />
? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Redirect To The Following Location, the folder is redirected to a location that you specify. <br />
? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Redirect To The Local Userprofile Location, the folder is redirected to the default folder location. <br />
? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Redirect To The User?s Home Folder, the folder is redirected to the user?s home directory. <br />
6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enter the path to which the folder should be redirected if you selected the Create A Folder For Each User Under The Root Path option or the Redirect To The Following Location option in the previous step. <br />
7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Click the Settings tab. <br />
8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It is recommended to leave The Grant The User Exclusive Rights To Redirected Folder checkbox and Move The Contents Of User?s Current Folder To The New Location checkbox enabled or selected. This is the default setting for those two checkboxes. <br />
9. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the Policy Removal box of the Settings tab, it is recommended to leave the Leave The Folder In The New Location When Policy Is Removed option enabled. <br />
10. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the My Pictures Preferences box of the Settings tab, leave the Make My Pictures A Subfolder Of My Documents option enabled. This is the default configuration setting. <br />
11. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Click OK. 
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OK. So the step on moving the My Documents folder worked. Thanks! Now, what if I were to move the users Documents onto another 2003 Server in the same domain? Could I then implement some kind of EFS scheme? Would it be possible, if I can't encrypt a file within the moved documents, to have a folder created and encrypted automatically? Bear with me....
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Ok, glad the redirect worked out for you. Now the EFS, if you create a share on a Windows 2003 server then you will be OK, it is in the advanced button in the folder properties. Here is a great article it discusses things you need to know about encryping and certificates. <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457065(TechNet.10).aspx#EJAA" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457065(TechNet.10).aspx#EJAA</a><br />
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And on the automatically creating an encrypted folder, when you initally enable EFS on the folder it will prompt you if you want to encrypt that folder or that folder and all sub folders and files. So if your direct your my docs to the encrypted location all sub folders will automatically be encrpyted as well.<br />
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OK, I give up. I've been reading everything I think that I should have to read to find out how to do this, and it's still unclear. Here is the scenario: I have Active Directory installed on a Server 2003 box. I can get as far as organizing everyone into OU's and so on. What I want to be able to do is set up a group policy on said OU that will move the group's My Documents folder onto our NAS box and Encrypt a given folder within each users My Documents folder. This would effectively keep everyone's data in one protected place and provide an encrypted folder to anyone with sensitive info. But that's not all, and this might need to be separate, but I'm having a hard time getting it straight as to how I am to set up the Certificates. I want the EFS part of the process to be transparent and foolproof if possible. I've read about Public Key Encryption where everyone in said group would have a common way to authenticate. Is all of this possible? 
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OK, I give up. I've been reading everything I think that I should have to read to find out how to do this, and it's still unclear. Here is the scenario: I have Active Directory installed on a Server 2003 box. I can get as far as organizing everyone into OU's and so on. What I want to be able to do is set up a group policy on said OU that will move the group's My Documents folder onto our NAS box and Encrypt a given folder within each users My Documents folder. This would effectively keep everyone's data in one protected place and provide an encrypted folder to anyone with sensitive info. But that's not all, and this might need to be separate, but I'm having a hard time getting it straight as to how I am to set up the Certificates. I want the EFS part of the process to be transparent and foolproof if possible. I've read about Public Key Encryption where everyone in said group would have a common way to authenticate. Is all of this possible? 

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