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How do I stop folder redirection on Remote Desktop Servers in Windows 2012 R2

I have recently installed two new Remote Desktop Servers in my environment and they are both running Windows 2012 R2. On my network I have folder redirection setup to copy My documents and other settings to a home folder. This works fine however I would like to disable this function when the user is logged onto the Remote Desktop Server. How can I do this? I assume through GPO but where.

Cliff Galiher

Loopback processing should accomplish this. Just create an overriding setting set to redirect to "original location" and that's the setting that will apply when a user logs into the RDS server.

Pete Long

Enable loopback processing on a GPO, set it to replace (not merge), link it to the OU that the RDS servers are in, make sure folder redirection is disabled on that GPO.

Shaun Vermaak

Absolute easiest would be to add WMI filter to this policy to only apply to workstations, no need to edit GPO or create new ones

Select * from WIN32_OperatingSystem where ProductType=1

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or WMI filter that only applies if %CLIENTNAME% variable is NULL

Tim

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I'm not quite sure I know what you mean. I am in the GPO for the terminal servers and am in User Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection > Documents
but when I am in that window there is no option to point to the original location. Additionally at the computer level in Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Network > Offline Files I have Allow or Disallow use of the Offline Files Feature set to Disabled but it is still trying to redirect folders.

Where do I set this to stop redirection?

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