Mr. Be@n
asked on
Cannot Search redirected folders
I have a folder redirection GPO setup that redirects users’ desktops and my documents folders.
It redirects to a hidden share. Share path is \\<servername>\RedirectedF
‘everyone’ has full access to this hidden share.
The server is Server 2016. The client pc is Windows 7 Professional.
Since the GPO took effect, doing a search in the redirected folders/subfolders on the clients machine immediately returns no results found.
A search conducted on the server itself returns results.
Offline folders are enabled. I have deleted and rebuilt the indexes. I made sure the user has ‘full control’ over the folder and subfolders.
Only the redirected folders return no results. Non-redirected folders work fine.
How can I get the redirected folders to be searchable from the client pc?
It redirects to a hidden share. Share path is \\<servername>\RedirectedF
‘everyone’ has full access to this hidden share.
The server is Server 2016. The client pc is Windows 7 Professional.
Since the GPO took effect, doing a search in the redirected folders/subfolders on the clients machine immediately returns no results found.
A search conducted on the server itself returns results.
Offline folders are enabled. I have deleted and rebuilt the indexes. I made sure the user has ‘full control’ over the folder and subfolders.
Only the redirected folders return no results. Non-redirected folders work fine.
How can I get the redirected folders to be searchable from the client pc?
I don't think it's because they are redirected; I think it's because they are hidden.
What happens if you enable showing hidden files and folders the rebuild the index?
What happens if you enable showing hidden files and folders the rebuild the index?
This question needs an answer!
Become an EE member today
7 DAY FREE TRIALMembers can start a 7-Day Free trial then enjoy unlimited access to the platform.
View membership options
or
Learn why we charge membership fees
We get it - no one likes a content blocker. Take one extra minute and find out why we block content.
You do need special permission to the root of share to work properly, the share permissions can be Everyone full control or whatever but the user needs access at the root of the shared area in NTFS permissions too - either domain users, a group or whatever. Think read access was enough to "this folder only".
[Edit: checked my notes but couldn't find MS document I had linked before but it needs Special permissions --> list folder/read data, read attributes, read external attributes, read permissions to the root of the share used for offline files as "allow" and "this folder only"]
Other thing have you turned on encryption in the GPO and maybe got Offline files set to not index encrypted, or chose to encrypt it through the Offline files GUI? Index encrypted option is in the Advanced settings in Indexing options.