Folder Redirection with GPO not working
I am trying to use GPO settings to redirect the My Documents folder. All of the other settings in the GPO are applying, but the folder redirection is not. I have made sure the share I am pointing to has creator owner and system rights, still no go. It is not working for any user I try to log in as. Any suggestions?
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Ran gpupdate several times.
Does the home folder have to be set to go to the same place? I was under the assumption that I could just redirect the My Documents folder using the settings in GPO.
Does the home folder have to be set to go to the same place? I was under the assumption that I could just redirect the My Documents folder using the settings in GPO.
Required (in 2008 ) Home Folder location \\servername\sharename\use
Rob
Rob
No not the same place for all users. \\servername\sharename\%us
Rob
Rob
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Wouldn't that kinda' defeat the purpose of using GPO to do the folder redirection? The option to create the folder for the user in the location specified should do all of that for you.
You assign home folders to centralize all users files - for say backup purposes.
You use Folder Redirection to basically manage all user My Documents folders/location for a variety of purposes.
Rob
You use Folder Redirection to basically manage all user My Documents folders/location for a variety of purposes.
Rob
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I don't want all user's files centralized, I only want to redirect the My Documents folder. Can you point me to where it states that Home Folder redirection is required in Server 2008 for My Documents redirection through GPO?
That's just a common setting I've always used. You can redirect to any location.
In Folder Redirection, right click Documents > under the Target tab, Select Advanced -Specify locations for various user groups, and use this article for further direction - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771969(WS.10).aspx
Rob
In Folder Redirection, right click Documents > under the Target tab, Select Advanced -Specify locations for various user groups, and use this article for further direction - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771969(WS.10).aspx
Rob
run gpupdate /force on both server side and client side.
Rob