Re: W2008: new location for folder redirection does not work

I have just had some problems with folder redirection. What I learned is

a) One of the GPO setting is what to do with the redirected folder when the PC
falls out of the scope of the GPO. Either put it back or leave it when it was
moved to.

b) When the GPO sets a new location for the redirected folder and you also have
the move content to new location set. Then if the previous redirected location
is no longer available (e.g. the server is dead) then the GPO cannot move the
content from the old location to the new location and fails leaving the
redirection unchanged. You can see this failure in the event logs. Simply
unticking the "Move contents to new location" box in the GPO allows the
redirection to the new location to succeed because it does not try to move from
the old and no longer available location. You then need to backfill the actual
content, if it is not there already.

n Sat, 23 May 2009 02:48:01 -0700, Kian <Kian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi there,

Youre propably right anyway... I guess your solution is the only one left.
But be running that I'll have a go on that gp-guy asking him in a mail... If
get a useful answer I'll post it :)

Anyway... thanks for all the help till now - i learned something and thats
great!

// peter

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

Hello Kian,

No, i didn't say that folder redirection is a tattood policy. I don't know
them at all. I just mentioned it, so you are knowing that it can be that
some settings still kept until you revert them.

See also here about:
http://www.gpoguy.com/FAQs/Whitepapers/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5/Understanding-Policy-Tattooing.aspx

http://sdmsoftware.com/blog/2007/10/more_on_registry_tattooingan_i.html

http://x220.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7729

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Hi Meinolf

So i guess that what youre saying is that Folder Redirection is one of
those
GPOs that tatoos itself into the user-profile. The question is now:
how far
does that goes? is it only on the computer, in the document and
settings\<profile> these settings are stored, or is it all the way
back to
the user-setting in the AD?
The outcome has different solutions: if the tatoo is 'hidden' in the
document and settings\<profile>, the solution would be to simply
format the
client computer (or at least remove all the users from all computers
and then
try to log on again forcing the computer to create a new
user-profile-folder
for each new user who logs on).
If the tatoo is stored within the profile on the AD the solution would
be to remove all users and remove the user-profile-folder from all
client computers (as mentioned above).

... or is it possible to remove the tatoo in some way without being so
drastic?

// peter

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

Hello Kian,

Of course you can start with a new OU without policies except the
default domain policy. Move all mahcines and users to it wait some
days. Problem with that is that some group policy settings do a kind
of tattooing, they have to be reverted and then be set to not
configured. So maybe not all are set back to be empty.

http://www.gpoguy.com/FAQs/tattoo.htm

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" wrote:

Hello Kian,

"Emulated" i understand now, just a Virtual machine, ok.

I also understand that you not copied anything within the DC.

When you copied the old userprofile to the new one, did you choose
the complete one or did you exclude some folders/files? The
ntuser.dat for example has content from the old domain and will
create problems in the new one.

Well... infact i never really copied anything... i renamed the
profile-folder and renamed it back and forth 'till it worked.
It is pretty simple though. 1) I started with unjoining the domain,
2)
restart without network cable and logged in with local admin, 3)
rename the
profile folder to something else, like for my instance,
pih.thisIsReal
4)
join the new domain, 5) restart, 6) login with your profile, as for
me
pih,
7) a new pih-folder will be created, 8) log out and restart 9)
unplug
network
cable and login with local admin 10) rename the new pih-folder to
something
else like pih.thisIsAnEmptyProfile, and rename pih.thisIsReal to
pih,
11)
restart computer and login - as for me with pih and now the profile
has been
emmigrated from the old domain to the new domain. (and you can
delete
the
pih.thisIsAnEmptyProfile-folder...
In your case i would suggest, even it is again lot work, create a
share for saving the users work data (NOTHING from the profiles)
and give them time to copy there needed data with a dead end, after
that delete the userprofiles on the local computers. Then let them
logon again and they can copy back only there working data.

So you would have a clean profile with the correct settings in the
profiles folder. I think this will be the only way to get it
working correct. Sorry for that statement, but i can not see
another way to get your domain and policies running without errors.

I guess that that would be the outcome... i just dont get it: why is
it that you can type and retype, a new path in the GPO for Folder
Redirection, but when you change it, it doesnt take effect at all?

I have thought about remving the GPO and enabling it again... would
do
the
trick?
Which leads me to the next question... where is it that things goes
wrong?
why does the client keep insisting not to use another path?
// peter



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