[THIN] Re: Folder Redirection - My Documents
- From: "Pardee, Michael P." <MPardee@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:20:27 -0500
Neil, thanks for posting this. We are working on our rollout of Win2k3 and
MFXPe and have run in to the same issue. We found a doc on Microsoft's site
that states folder redirection only understands 2 variables; %username% and
%userprofile%. We need more flexibility and have been trying hard to keep
it all in the GPO.
Looks like Kixtart lives to see another generation!
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From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:02 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Folder Redirection - My Documents
I do it using %HOMESHARE% - although I apply folder redirection by script -
using the GPO gui just wasn't flexible enough (or allowed enough other logic
for me).
I can't remember whether I had any issues by using an un-obvious environment
variable such as %HOMESHARE% using the GPO mechanism, or not - 'cos it's
been a good few years since I tested it - but it works fine by scripting it.
There's nothing magic about using GPOs for folder redirection - at the end
of the day, it's just registry values in HKCU.
FWIW, the desktop people, here, now script folder redirection (rather than
the GPO method) for normal PC users.
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:Christopher_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 16 January 2004 16:42
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Folder Redirection - My Documents
Thanks, Greg, that works. I was hoping to grab it from a variable though
since I presently have home directories residing on more than one file
server. We are going to be consolidating to a single box. I may have to
wait until then to implement this policy.
Thanks,
CW
"Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
01/16/2004 09:51 AM
Please respond to thin
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc:
Subject: [THIN] Re: Folder Redirection - My Documents
try the path.
I set mine as <file://file_server/Users$/%username%>
\\file_server\Users$\%username%
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Christopher_Wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:42 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Folder Redirection - My Documents
Hello, List.
There is probably something simple I am over looking here. Trying to
redirect the My Documents folder to users' home directories instead of the
default location in their profile. I have a GPO trying to enforce a policy
to this end, but it the redirection keeps failing. The event log says the
redirect fails due to invalid path. %homedrive%%homepath%,or
%homeshare%%homepath%, or just specifying a drive letter (H:). None of that
is working.
What have you done to get it working? See anything obvious that I've
missed?
Thanks in advance,
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