Re: Can't redirect desktop folder

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Synapse Syndrome [KGB] wrote:
David Trimboli <trimboli@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want to redirect all my (visible) profile folders to a
server. I have done this for all them except Desktop. I do this
by right-clicking the folder's icon, clicking Properties,
clicking on the Location tab, entering a location of
\\server\share\username\Folder, and clicking OK. It asks if I
want to move everything in the current folder to the new
folder, and I click Yes. Easy, and it works perfectly.

When I do this for the Desktop, it works just fine. But the
next time I log in (whether after a reboot or not), the desktop
folder has reverted back to C:\Users\username\Desktop. Nothing
I do will make it stick to the server. The other redirected
folders stay where I put them and they continue to work
normally.

I find that the original folder locations can appear again
sometimes. The feature does not work very well, as sometimes
programs can re-create the original locations, if they are
redirected by the legacy junction points.

This isn't sometimes; this is every time. Change the location of
the Desktop folder, log out, log in, and the Desktop folder will
have reverted to its default location. Every time.

There must be /something/ that is making that happen, on your setup.
You could try searching the registry for the default path to see if
it comes up with anything.

I already tried that. It only came up with the shell folders key.

--
David Trimboli
Windows Systems Analyst
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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