Cannot update folder redirection for My Documents

[Matt Hyne]

Recently we moved all our home directories from one machine to another
(Win2k Server) and as a result I needed to change the group policy for
our domain to update the redirection for My Documents.

However after making the change to the group policy it is not being
reflected on any of the client machines (windows XP). The My Document
is still trying to access the old location.

I have tried doing everything to the client machines to get them to
update (including running gpupdate) but it just ignores the new GP for
redirection.

Can someone give me some ideas on what I need to do to debug this - or
any thoughts on why the new GP is not taking.

Thanks
Matt

 

[Peter Demeyer]

If you use gpresult.exe, you can check if this policy is actually applied to
these client computers.
If it is applied, and folder redirection cannot be applied for some reason,
you should find errors in your application log while logging in.
Peter

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Check the Event Viewer on the machine after you logon as a user. I found
that was helpful.

Personally, I found that I had to "Redirect" users based on Group and then
did "Domain Users" group and redirected to \\server\share\%username%

For some reason with some Folder Redirections it sometimes doesn't like it
if the user is not the "owner" of his folder.

Also, make sure that the user has full control etc.

You need to run gpupdate with the /force switch.

Cheers,
Lara