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I am trying to change a Roaming Profile to a mandatory profile. &nbsp;When I login with the roaming profile, the profile is created on the server in my &quot;profiles&quot; folder. &nbsp;But as an admin, I cannot access the folder to change the .dat to a .man. &nbsp;If I take owernship of that particular profile so that I can access the folder and rename the .dat to .man, then I have problems at the workstation. &nbsp;When I login from the workstation, I receive a message about it using a local copy of the profile.<br />
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I am trying to change a Roaming Profile to a mandatory profile.  When I login with the roaming profile, the profile is created on the server in my "profiles" folder.  But as an admin, I cannot access the folder to change the .dat to a .man.  If I take owernship of that particular profile so that I can access the folder and rename the .dat to .man, then I have problems at the workstation.  When I login from the workstation, I receive a message about it using a local copy of the profile.

Please advise.

How do I change a Windows 7 Roaming Profile to Mandatory on a 2008 Server

I am trying to change a Roaming Profile to a mandatory profile.  When I login with the roaming profile, the profile is created on the server in my &quot;profiles&quot; folder.  But as an admin, I cannot access the folder to change the .dat to a .man.  If I take owernship of that particular profile so that I can access the folder and rename the .dat to .man, then I have problems at the workstation.  When I login from the workstation, I receive a message about it using a local copy of the profile.

Please advise.

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