Re: Folder Redirection and Roaming Profiles seemingly 'leaving files'

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sandomaphone <sandomaphone@xxxxxxxxx> typed:

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P.S. While typing this message, a strike of brilliance came across me
(mind the modesty :p). The two redirected folders (Application Data
and My Documents) are in the same share as the two roaming folders
(Start Menu and Desktop) As in:

\Internal\Users\Matthew\ - Windows User Profile
\Internal\Users\Matthew\Start Menu - Start Menu Folder (Roaming)
\Internal\Users\Matthew\Desktop - Desktop Folder (Roaming)
\Internal\Users\Matthew\My Documents - My Documents Folder
(Redirected) \Internal\Users\Matthew\Application Data - Application
Data Folder (Redirected)

Would this cause a problem - because as you said, by design, Roaming
Profiles cannot refrain from copying the whole profile at first login,
to the client computer (without exluding directories in Group Policy I
imagine though - and don't ask, I've already tried that too....didn't
work :( ) If those two redirected folders wern't being redirected,
then logically, they'd roam - so could this be the problem? If so, I
guess I can just shift the folders around a bit....and implement an
add users login script or something for new users....while keeping the
permissions in order, of course.

Any Ideas?

I think you've hit the nail on the head. Don't use the USERS folders for
your roaming profiles....just for your folder redirection. I set up a share
called PROFILES% on the server and each user's roaming profile path is
\\server\profiles\%username%. This is independent of their home directory,
which I use for folder redirection.


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