unable to redirect My Documents folder to network share

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We manually redirect the My Documents folder on our Windows 2K and XP workstations to a network share for each user. When I was working on an XP Pro machine I noticed that the user’s My Documents folder was on the local hard drive under Documents and Settings. I did the standard right click on the My Documents folder on the desktop and selected properties. The target edit field was available on the target tab, but the “restore default,†“move†and “find target†buttons were missing. I tried typing in the path, but it wouldn’t stick. Also tried switching between start menu and classic start menu, but that didn’t change anything. Offline files were enabled, but there were no files in the cache. We don’t have any group policies in place that affect folder redirection and this user is a local admin on her machine. I’ve never seen this issue and neither have my techie coworkers. Any assistance would be appreciated – thanks!

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Delete the DisablePersonalDirChange value (or though GP)
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1039/

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Windows XP Shell/User
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We manually redirect the My Documents folder on our Windows 2K and XP workstations to a network share for each user. When I was working on an XP Pro machine I noticed that the user’s My Documents folder was on the local hard drive under Documents and Settings. I did the standard right click on the My Documents folder on the desktop and selected properties. The target edit field was available on the target tab, but the “restore default,†“move†and “find target†buttons were missing. I tried typing in the path, but it wouldn’t stick. Also tried switching between start menu and classic start menu, but that didn’t change anything. Offline files were enabled, but there were no files in the cache. We don’t have any group policies in place that affect folder redirection and this user is a local admin on her machine. I’ve never seen this issue and neither have my techie coworkers. Any assistance would be appreciated – thanks!