Re: SBS 2003 "My Documents" redirection failure

From: Bill Peng [MSFT] (v-bpeng_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:17:30 GMT

Hi Gregg,

I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. Please take your time to
recover.

If the "Target" box is not able to be modified, it seems that the original
Group Policy has not been cancelled.

I recommend you to try the following suggestions.

1. On the problematic computers, using RSoP.msc to check out which GPO
applied to the Folder Redirection.
2. Modify that GPO by using GPMC. Ask all computers to redirect the folder
to a local path.
3. Run gpupdate on the server and clients.
4. Logoff and Logon again.

More detail, please refer to the articles I provided yesterday.

If you have any update, please feel free to post back.

Best Wishes,
Bill Peng
MCSE 2000, MCDBA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
 
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>Hi, Bill!
>
>I do not get the choice to enter a new path. It shows the path to the
server
>share, but it is in a gray text area and cannot be changed. I'll look up
the
>article you linked as soon as my head clears from this narly cold.
>
>Following suggestion #1 is what got me into trouble in the first place,
when
>one station applied it and the other one did not. I used Server Management
>to set it back to not redirect My Documents folder, but the setting would
>not reverse. Give me a couple days to get over this fever and I'll try
your
>suggestions.
>
>Gregg Hill
>
>
>
>""Bill Peng [MSFT]"" <v-bpeng@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> Hi Gregg,
>>
>> Based on your description, it seems to be a Group Policy/Permission
issue.
>>
>> I'd like to provide you with the following suggestions.
>>
>> [Note] If there's no Folder Redirection Group Policy applied to the
users,
>> you can use the following method to direct the remote folder back to
>> local.
>> 1. Right-click My Documents and click Properties.
>> 2. In the "Target:" text box, please key in the local path.
>> 3. Click OK.
>> 4. You can choose to move or not move the current My Documents content to
>> the new path.
>>
>> If the Group Policy is still being applied, please refer to the following
>> article to configure a Group Policy to redirect it back.
>>
>> To redirect special folders to the local profile location
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/p
>>
roddocs/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/stan
>> dard/proddocs/en-us/gpx_redirectLocalProfile.asp
>>
>> Suggestion 1. Follow the instruction of the wizard.
>>
>> 1. Open Server Management.
>> 2. Click Users.
>> 3. Click "Configure My Documents Redirection".
>> 4. Click "More Information" button. (Note: Please make sure that the
users
>> have appropriate permissions.)
>> 5. Please follow the instruction on the opened window to configure share
>> and NTFS permission on the folder.
>> 6. Then, please select "Redirect all My Documents folders to the default
>> shared folder for users on the Small Business Server."
>> 7. Click OK.
>> 8. Run GPUpdate on both server and the client.
>> 9. Logoff and logon the users on the client computers.
>>
>> Suggestion 2. Try manually configure GPO.
>>
>> Please refer to the following articles to check whether manually redirect
>> folders is able to work.
>> Configuring Folder Redirection; Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/all/deploy
>> guide/en-us/dmebc_dsm_oqpr.asp
>>
>> Best practices for Folder Redirection; Windows Server 2003, Standard
>> Edition
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsserv/2003/standard/p
>> roddocs/en-us/sag_sp_bestprac_foldred.asp
>>
>> Suggestion 3. Check log and RSoP.
>>
>> If the problem is not able to be resolved, please check the following
logs
>> for error info.
>>
>> 1. Event log on the server and client.
>> 2. Run RSoP.msc on the client to check whether there're any error for
>> current Group Policy.
>> [Note] If you would, please use "gpresult -v >c:\gpresult.txt" command to
>> collect current GP on the client and post the info here.
>>
>> I hope the above info helps.
>>
>> Have a nice day!
>>
>> Bill Peng
>> MCSE 2000, MCDBA
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
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>>>From: "Gregg Hill" <bogus@nowhere.com>
>>>Subject: SBS 2003 "My Documents" redirection failure
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>>>Hello!
>>>
>>>I have an SBS 2003 server on a LAN with two XP SP2 workstations. I went
>> into
>>>Server Management and set the My Documents folder redirection to redirect
>> to
>>>the default Users share on the server. I ran "gpupdate /force" on both
>>>workstations and the server. One workstation worked fine, while the other
>>>one never had its My Documents redirected or the shortcut target
>> redirected.
>>>
>>>I then changed the setting back to not redirect the My Documents folder,
>> and
>>>not the one that had changed will not change back to keeping the My
>>>Documents on the workstation's local drive. The shortcut target still
>> points
>>>to the server share.
>>>
>>>I have rebooted the server and workstations, to no avail.
>>>
>>>How can I get the My Documents shortcut to point to the local drive's
>>>profile as it was before I started this fiasco?
>>>
>>>Thank you for your help!
>>>
>>>Gregg Hill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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