Folder Redirection move fails Error 112 - path > 255

[The AceyMan]

I've changed the folder redirection GPO to point to a new file server
(new UNC path)

However for a certain user, the folder redirection fails because:

The system cannot find the path specified.

The path in question exceeds the 255 char limit (the user has multiple
paths with this problem, btw).

Robocopy (great reskit tool) let me manually copy the data from the
old location to the new location, but this still doesn't fool the
redirection routine which wants to move it itself.

Are there any known tricks to force the shell to use the new target
folder and give up trying to copy the old location to the new one?

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--Aceyman

 

[lforbes]

I've changed the folder redirection GPO to point to a new file
server
(new UNC path)

However for a certain user, the folder redirection fails
because:

The system cannot find the path specified.

The path in question exceeds the 255 char limit (the user has
multiple
paths with this problem, btw).

Robocopy (great reskit tool) let me manually copy the data
from the
old location to the new location, but this still doesn't fool
the
redirection routine which wants to move it itself.

Are there any known tricks to force the shell to use the new
target
folder and give up trying to copy the old location to the new
one?

--
Please reply to the group so it will go to the usenet
archives.

Thanks in advance,

--Aceyman

Hi,

Yes, just remove the Tick in Group Policy Folder Redirection that says
"move contents of My Documents to new location". It works like a
charm. Personally I Never let GP move files. I always untick this and
move the files manually.

Cheers,

Lara

 

[Ken B]

Hi Lara-

Great trick--will have to remember that for down the road. To get the
folder redirection 'started', you let the gp move the files up to the
server, right? I'm just at the beginning of planning rolling out My Docs
folder redirection here, and don't want a nightmare of people losing their
files.

Tks

Ken

 

[lforbes]

Hi Lara-

Great trick--will have to remember that for down the road. To
get the
folder redirection 'started', you let the gp move the files up
to the
server, right? I'm just at the beginning of planning rolling
out My Docs
folder redirection here, and don't want a nightmare of people
losing their
files.

Tks

Ken

Hi Ken,

Actually, I don’t let GP move the files. I use the XCopy with the /o
(ownership) switch to move the files all manually. I Untick the "copy
My Docs to new location" and then I just reset the Folder Redirection
to the new Existing location. Personally I don’t trust the GP to do
it and I would rather not have duplicates. GP only copies, it
doesn’t move so you have 2 copies of everything.

However, if you have lots of users you might want to use GP to speed
up the process.

Cheers,

Lara

 

[The AceyMan]

group-

Thanks for the feedback on this. I hadn't thought of something as
simple as "Untick the setting". Luckily the user with the problem is
the ONLY member of this OU (no, I didn't set this up), so it will in
effect be a single user change.

As far as letting the GP move the folders for you -- I've done it and
watched it for other domain users. The behaviour I've observed is:
the source folders are not removed until the move is fully complete.
So basically it copies EVERYTHING and when it `knows` that the move
was a sucess, the original source is removed. I had some moves that
got interupted before they were complete, and they picked up and
recovered fully once I gave them enough interupted time (big My
Documents folders).

The times I've had trouble is (a) when the source has paths deeper
than 255 char (the case I posted about) and (b) when the source folder
was no longer shared in place (a server died and I only had access to
the data from a recovery OS that wasn't a domain member and didnt have
the shares setup).

Also, I recommend anyone who's moving lots of data to give up xcopy
and get robocopy from the resource kit. It can copy from/to UNC
paths and do lots of other stuff (like mirror, to keep targets in sync
with source, etc). I've read that xxcopy (3rd party tool) does
similar stuff but right now I'm a fan of robocopy -- I now keep the
..exe on my usbdrive at all times ;-)

Thanks for a good discussion,

--AceyMan