Windows 7 Folder Redirection Issue
Hi,
We have recently began setting up folder redirection for Windows 7, only to discover that the old profiles directories are being redirected to a new my documents folder.
Example
for user joe blogs username = j.blogs
Pre Windows 7 : my doc's redirect to \\server\user_documents\%u
Windows 7 : my doc's redirect to \\server\user_documents\%u
This occurs for windows 7 users only, so now all windows 7 users have mydocuments (folder type .lastname) which has created mydocuments folders which are not easily identifiable.
This occurs when set in GPO and also manually redirecting the folder.
DC Server - Windows 2008
Can someone please help in keeping the old folder structure.
my-docs.jpg
We have recently began setting up folder redirection for Windows 7, only to discover that the old profiles directories are being redirected to a new my documents folder.
Example
for user joe blogs username = j.blogs
Pre Windows 7 : my doc's redirect to \\server\user_documents\%u
Windows 7 : my doc's redirect to \\server\user_documents\%u
This occurs for windows 7 users only, so now all windows 7 users have mydocuments (folder type .lastname) which has created mydocuments folders which are not easily identifiable.
This occurs when set in GPO and also manually redirecting the folder.
DC Server - Windows 2008
Can someone please help in keeping the old folder structure.
my-docs.jpg
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I fixed it
I am having the same problem. How did you fix it?
In XP - it was c:\documents and settings\Joe\My Documents\...
Starting with Vista and included in Windows 2008 and Win7, the new structure is
c:\Users\Joe\My Documents\....
If you have just moved to Win 2008 or Win7, this is a major change in the folder structure. You may see what appears to be a folder name c:\My Docuemnts, but it's actualy an junction point (not a folder) that points to c:\Users\...
Hope this helps.