my documents redirection question

[gary]

we have been mapping uses My Documents folder on their PCs to a folder on a
windows 2003 file server.

Originally we mapped a drive, say T:, and then went into properties of My
Documents and changed the target folder location to the mapped drive.

a couple of times I have noticed a users My Documents folder having been set
back to their C drive after we have done this. just a couple of times.

how could that happen? I would guess that the users had to do this
themselves, but is their anyway this could be reset otherwise?
would a windows update affect it?

I have just started playing around with group policy, so I may be doing the
folder redirection using GPO in the very near future, but would like to
clear this up.

I had someone in management whose My Documents was somehow set back to his C
drive, and I would like to know if there is any other way this could happen
other than the user accidental changing it before I talk to him about it.

Gary

 

[Bob I]

And if the network drive is not available, the system will correct the
location so My Documents is available.

 

[gary]

Just so I am certain I understand:
if the network drive is not available, it will redirect My documents back to
the uses C drive?

gary

 

[josepe]

Returning to c: unit is a way secure to save new documents, if network
is not available. En entire t: docs repository don't be update to c:
I thing the best practice is to ensure the permanent network enabled. If
exist a domain server, your pcs need to shut to the DNS server, not
using the DNSs of the ISP. This cause loosing network by erroneous
resolving names.
By otherwise, in each pc you can config the applications to save the
files in different rout.

 

[Bob I]

happens here all the time.

Just so I am certain I understand:
if the network drive is not available, it will redirect My documents back to
the uses C drive?

gary