Re: Profile path problem
From: Martin Bayer (martin.bayer_at_cbox.cz)
Date: 10/12/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:39:51 +0200
Try this, perhaps it helps. The information (network path) could maybe stay
in cache.
You experience synchronization problems if you do not disable the cache
option for offline files on roaming user profile shares in Windows Server
2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842007
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"MyName" <mkovcin@gmail.com> píse v diskusním príspevku
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> I have problem with changing users' profile paths. If somebody can
> help me, I would appreciate it a lot.
>
> I installed Windows Server 2003 Enterprise edition.
>
> As a first idea I did put roaming profiles in
> \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%.
>
> USERS was folder in root of local (server) hard disk. Shared as USERS.
> Also, I put My Documents to be subfolder of profile root and mapped it
> to Z: - so it was: \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%\My Documents. Also, all
> other user related folders were as following:
> Desktop: \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%\Desktop
> Application Data: \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%\Application Data
> and so on
>
> I created some users and everything worked well.
>
> Later on, due to security issues, I had to change profile path to
> \\SERVER\U\USERS\%USERNAME%\, where U is folder on local server disk,
> shared as U. USERS is subfolder of U. I unshared old USERS folder, so
> there is no more share USERS.
>
> I changed on all existing users their profile paths and changed Z: to
> point on \\SERVER\U\USERS\%USERNAME%\My Documents
>
> Everything works well, except on logoff and synchronization.
>
> Some folder still point to old \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%, like Desktop
> and Application Data.
>
> On logoff from workstation, synchronization says:
> Syncronization complete
> Errors occurred while Windows was synchronizing your data.
> Offline Files (\\Server\users on Server (Server)): Unable to connect
> to '\\Server\users.' The network name cannot be found.
>
> Of course, because, there is no more share \\Server\users.
>
> Strange thing is, that same happen to newly created accounts. They had
> never been connected to \\SERVER\USERS, but they complain that they
> can not sync Desktop with \\SERVER\USERS\%USERNAME%\Desktop.
>
> What I tried to do to fix the problem.
> - I found in workstation's registry references to \\Server\users and
> changed them to \\Server\u\users. But on next logon everything goes
> back
> - I tried to find references on server, but in registry I could change
> just
> on the one user, the one who is actually logged on - and this is
> Administrator. I cannot log on as regular user, because I do not
> have
> enough privileges.
> Anyway, if I change this registry entry for administrator, and log
> on
> workstation as Domain Administrator, everything goes back.
> - I found on server in folder
> Windows\sysvol\domain\policies\{...}\USER\Documents & Settings\ file
> fdeploy.ini in which there was lines referencing \\SERVER\USERS. I
> changed
> them too, but no results.
>
> Anybody had similar problem? Some hints?
>
> Thanx in advance.
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