Re: Re-asked: Folder Redirection/Roaming Profiles W2k/W2K3 Migration

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From: Anthony Yates (anthony.spam_at_spammedout.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:26:57 -0000

You have to redirect the folder back to where it belongs. Setting the policy
to Not Configured just leaves it where it currently is, not back at the
default.
Either set it back to where it belongs, or set it correctly to where you
want it to go. You don't need to remove any other policies.
Anthony

"Phil" <ng@awlmail.org.uk> wrote in message
news:%23E7lpF10EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> That is, more or less, what I did. That and clear the synchronization
> cache.
>
> Windows Explorer still identifies all the <Application Data> folders as
> <User A> in the folder view. If I highlight a folder then the path shows
> correctly in the address bar - it's more of an annoyance than a problem
> but, to me, it suggests an underlying OS problem.
>
> Any ideas as to how to fix it?
>
> Phil
>
> "Gautam Anand" <gautam@hotpop.com> wrote in message
> news:%23zDRDAJqEHA.1960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> DON'T remove all of your Group Policies. That's a bad idea as the
>> DefaultDomain policy pushes down reqd domain settings to users and
>> computers.
>>
>> To actually disable the Folder Redirection you could simply set the
>> Folder Redirection setting to Not Configured. Make sure this setting
>> is passed down to everyone and then once you're sure it is, do the
>> from-scratch thing
>>
>> --
>> Gautam Anand
>> e: gautam at hotpop dot com
>> ---------------------------------
>> "Phil" <ng@awlmail.org.uk> wrote in message
>> news:OPAam1BqEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> | I'll ask the question in a more generic way ...
>> |
>> | Is it possible, and if so, how, to remove all domain group policies
>> in such
>> | a way as to leave all domain computers in their native state?
>> |
>> | Is this so hard to do?
>> |
>> | "Phil" <ng@clearthis.allmail.org.uk> wrote in message
>> | news:eRtQusikEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> | > The Set Up
>> | > I have a small network with 1 domain controller - all partitions
>> on the DC
>> | > are NTFS.
>> | >
>> | > The Problem
>> | > I recently migrated from W2K to W2K3 and in the process became
>> aware of a
>> | > problem with the folder redirection policy that I had applied - 5
>> of the
>> | > user application data folders were listed purely as <folder>.
>> | >
>> | > The policy was/is to redirect to a share 'redirected' with each
>> policy
>> | > item,
>> | > desktop, my documents etc, separated within that by %username%
>> (thus
>> | > \redirected\application data\username\). This was all working as
>> expected
>> | > but, when I migrated to W2K3, I noticed that the Application Data
>> folder,
>> | > viewed natively on the DC, had 5 folders called <folder>. If I
>> deleted a
>> | > folder it would appear with the correct username in the recycle
>> bin. Any
>> | > attempt to rename a folder would rename the other 4 folders. I
>> have
>> | > worked
>> | > around this by copying the contents of each folder, deleting it,
>> | > recreating
>> | > it and then pasting the contents.
>> | >
>> | > The Question
>> | > What is the best way to get this sorted? Having read the
>> information on
>> | > folder redirection and roaming profiles I think I need to start
>> from
>> | > scratch
>> | > (I'd certainly feel safer doing that). So - how do I remove my
>> current
>> | > GPO,
>> | > allow all the usual profile stuff to go back where it would
>> ordinarily be,
>> | > and then do it right?
>> | >
>> | > Suggestions?
>> | >
>> | > Phil
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >
>> |
>> |
>>
>>
>
>

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