[gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

hi everyone
 
This morning there is quite a couple of folders in the MyDocRidirection folder 
on the server which i assumes is the My documents folders of the users. 
Allthough i can see on the space available of the drive where these folders are 
on there has been a significant difference in space; i cannot see the sizes of 
the folders. All the sizes off the users folders when i move my mouse over them 
is 0KB.
 
I can only see the Administrator size of 233KB and that is the size of the 
MyDocRidirection folder also which cannot be.
 
Are permission preventing me from seeing the content and size of these folders?
Craig Meyer 
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From: jerome.l.cruz@xxxxxxxxxxxx: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 
13:17:12 -0700Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all 
the users






Craig,
 
One thing to check right off the bat are the NTFS permissions on the server 
where you have relocated the user’s ‘My Documents’ data. As you test a few, 
make sure that they are what you want. Here are some other considerations:
 
·         Make sure that the local Server Admin has access (if appropriate…and 
usually it is).
·         Make sure that each user only has access to their own data (Your 
server share might be hidden from easy browsing, but there are ways to discover 
it from the local user’s registry).
·         Decide how to scan for and handle users who discover the shared 
folder location—and quickly realize they can create and store almost anything 
there-totally outside their My Documents folder—some organizations pre-create a 
share on the server for each individual user and lock the permissions down that 
way…other use a common share where many user’s data goes.
·         Perhaps also disable the ability for users to personally change their 
My Documents location. We did this for our folks back in 2000 and have left it 
that way ever since.User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Desktop | 
Prohibit User from manually redirecting Profile FoldersExplanationPrevents 
users from changing the path to their profile folders.By default, a user can 
change the location of their individual profile folders like Documents, Music 
etc. by typing a new path in the Locations tab of the folder's Properties 
dialog box.If you enable this setting, users are unable to type a new location 
in the Target box.

Jerry Cruz | Group Policies Product Manager | Windows Infrastructure 
Architecture (http://wia.web.boeing.com) | Boeing IT
Office 425-865-6755 | Mobile 425-591-6491
 


From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig MeyerSent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:06 AMTo: 
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for 
all the users
 
OK, i'll give it a try.If anyone in the meanwhile think of something that i can 
try please let me know.

Craig Meyer 
================================================================="He had no 
servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him 
Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared 
Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no 
crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 
2day....”=================================================================If A 
is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and 
z is keeping your mouth shut. 
Albert Einstein
==================================================================
 



Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the usersDate: 
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:51:08 +0100From: Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Craig,
 
I remember reading when I did this that it can take a couple of log on/off’s 
for the files to redirect. I believe it took my test machine a couple of times.
 
Give that a try
 
Andrew
 
 


From: Craig Meyer [mailto:craigmeyer8@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 08 August 2008 
13:25To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My 
Documents for all the users
 
No offence - i did put it in as the servername yes and not the word 
"servername", I did run gpupdate /force and it asked me to logg off, so i 
logged off the server and my PC and logged back on.Now at the moment there are 
3 folders under the folder on the server only. Administrator, my name and the 
other IT technician's name. However, the size of my name's folder is 0, the 
other technician is 0KB but the Administrator is 233KB. the Administrator 
folder make sense with the size and cotent of the folder but none of the other 
2 folders. Anyone know why:1) My and the other tech's folders is showing 0KB2) 
When i try to access my and the other folder it says "Access is denied" - can 
this be because i am logged on remotely onto the server with the Administrator 
account?3)Where are all the other users folders?

Craig Meyer 
================================================================="He had no 
servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him 
Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared 
Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no 
crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 
2day....”=================================================================If A 
is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and 
z is keeping your mouth shut. 
Albert Einstein
==================================================================
 



Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the usersDate: 
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:46:49 +0100From: Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Craig,
 
Don’t take offence if this is a stupid question but you did change 
\\servername\ to be the name of the server your share is on?
 
Also, use the command ‘gpupdate /force’ either in a command window or at the 
run menu to speed up the group policy refresh. You’ll probably need to log off 
and/or reboot afterwards.
 
Andrew
 
 


From: Craig Meyer [mailto:craigmeyer8@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 08 August 2008 
12:37To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My 
Documents for all the users
 
Thank you Ian, it did work. Now i am just waiting for the gpo to force/apply 
itself and i will see what actually happened.

Craig Meyer 
================================================================="He had no 
servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him 
Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared 
Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no 
crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 
2day....”=================================================================If A 
is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and 
z is keeping your mouth shut. 
Albert Einstein
==================================================================
 



Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the usersDate: 
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:30:13 +0100From: ian.kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Craig,

 
That’s correct, make sure you have selected “Create a folder for each user 
under the root path” as well (above RootPath text field)
 



From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig MeyerSent: 08 August 2008 12:13To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
[gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
 
Hi Ian Thank you for the quick response. So how i understand you is like this : 
 What you are saying is that (bear in mind that i am working remotely on my Win 
Serv 2003 when setting this up ) instead of typing D:\MyDocRedirection (which 
refers to the local D drive on the server) as the root path i need to change it 
to \\servername\MydocRedirection and i should be set then hey - do i understand 
you correct?

Craig Meyer 
================================================================="He had no 
servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him 
Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared 
Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no 
crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 
2day....”=================================================================If A 
is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and 
z is keeping your mouth shut. 
Albert Einstein
==================================================================
 



Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the usersDate: 
Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:05:27 +0100From: ian.kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Craig,

 
You will want to make sure you are using a UNC path for folder redirection, if 
you were to set it how you’ve done it - when the user logs in they will be 
looking for their MyDocuments in the D: drive of there PC (probably a CD 
drive). 
 
During the configuration of the root folder for your redirected my documents 
you would have had to share it (hidden/not hidden) use this share name for the 
UNC path example for GPO > \\servername\MydocRedirection or 
\\servername\MyDocRedirection$ (if hidden)
 
Hope this helps/makes sense.
 
Any more q’s let me know
Ian 



From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig MeyerSent: 08 August 2008 11:59To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
[gptalk] Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
 
Hi all This is the first time that i'm trying to configure Folder Ridirection 
and i followed article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx 
as a guide. However if i do it the way of the article i get a "Warning" right 
at the end when i click Finish. I click No on the warning as i do not know what 
it mean. The warning says "The target path is not a UNC path. If this is not a 
valid local path at the client (which it isn't because the document told me to 
put in there the path on the server where everyone's documents must go to so it 
shows D:\MydocRiderection) , folder redirection will fail. Are you sure you 
want to use this path as the target? Y/N Question: Why is it giving me this 
error? Thank you for the help

Craig Meyer 
================================================================="He had no 
servants - yet they called Him Master, no degrees - yet they called Him 
Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings feared 
Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited no 
crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 
2day....”=================================================================If A 
is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and 
z is keeping your mouth shut. 
Albert Einstein
==================================================================
 



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