Having problems with Horizon View desktops and user profiles.

I am working in Horizon 7.0.3. We have a floating pool of linked clone non-persistent VMs.  They are Win 7 Pro. Using Persona Management and Folder Redirection, users profiles are saved to a network share. Files are available on each computer but they are unable to preserve settings (desktop background, saving credentials in Chrome/IE, and desktop icons revert to the "snapped in" location on the left-side of the desktop instead of where the user places them).

Thing is, when I login to this pool using my account (domain admin permissions) my settings are preserved from session to session. I have been testing with my account for about 5 days and nothing has reverted. My test account, which mirrors the users accessing this pool who are not domain admins, exhibits the same issue of not preserving settings.

The permissions set on the share where the profiles are stored seem to be identical on my account which is a domain admin and the others which are not domain admins. I created a GPO to add my test user to the local admins group on desktops accessed in this pool. I did this since domain admins get local admins rights on these computers but from what I can tell this didn't make a difference.

Further, I inherited this about 2 weeks ago. I am told that at one time all of this worked but I have not yet figured out what changed before I got here nor when exactly it changed.

I am not opposed to creating a new profile / folder redirection share or a new golden image for a new linked clone floating pool but would like to make sure I am not just duplicating the problems.

Any suggestions appreciated.