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Disable My Documents Redirect GPO in Server 2008

Hi all,

We have a 2008 Domain controller that currently has the My Documents Redirect GPO configured. This redirects an XP machine Mydocs to \\fileserver\username. I want to remove this GPO and revert the My Documents folder back to the default on 50 PCs.

When I remove the GPO, reboot one of my PCs, I right click on the My Documents icon, but it still shows \\fileserver\username

I could edit this by hand, or click the Restore to Default button, but I do not want to have to go to all 50 PCs to do this.

I tried altering HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal, and then rebooting, but this had no effect.

It seems that the "real" registry entry is located in HKU\S-1-21-######\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Personal, were ##### is a very long numerical string. Unfortunately, this numerical string is different on each PC, so this is not an option.

Is there a VBScript someone knows that could do this, or some other way?

Thanks.

Bawer

is this happening with all users after removing the GPO or with some? if with some users once you correct the path after PC restart is it getting back to previous state \\file..... ?

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dan4132

Once you have ticked that box you will need to do a gpupdate /force on all the machines.. then after that has been done on all machines you can then delete the GPO again

Darius Ghassem

Here is the steps you should take.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888203

ragnarok89

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OK, so I configured the policy as follows:

I then opened the GPO a second time, and set it to not configured:

Then on the XP machine, I rebooted. Once I logged back in - no effect. I could change it manually as I described above, but it wasn't changed for me. I then tried a GPUPDATE /FORCE, logged off and back on, and still no go. I rebooted a second time. No go.

What am I missing?

Darius Ghassem

Give it some time the data needs to be redirected back

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That was it, right in front of my face. Thanks!