Cookies in Roaming Profiles

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DaveyBwoy

Environment: Win 2K3 Servers and XP clients with latest GP templates.

I am using mandatory roaming profiles in conjunction with a Proxy Server to
limit access to certain websites. The problem is that one of the sites that
require access is getting a Cookies error on my clients. I found a rule in
the Group Policy that can exclude the cookies folder from roaming, but that
didn't solve the problem. Does anyone know of a resolve?

Thanks,
Dave
Systems Engineer
 
dmangra said:
Environment: Win 2K3 Servers and XP clients with latest GP
templates.

I am using mandatory roaming profiles in conjunction with a
Proxy Server to
limit access to certain websites. The problem is that one of
the sites that
require access is getting a Cookies error on my clients. I
found a rule in
the Group Policy that can exclude the cookies folder from
roaming, but that
didn't solve the problem. Does anyone know of a resolve?

Thanks,
Dave
Systems Engineer
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Hi,

With Mandatory Profiles no changes are set and they are deleted at
logoff. You might want to delete the contents of the Cookie folder of
the Mandatory Profile (at the Server level).

I use mandatory Profiles but want my users access to Cookies.
Therefore I have redirected their Cookies and their Favorites to their
H:\ (home Drive) using the following logon script.

VB script that creates the folder

On Error Resume Next
Set fs = CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set foldr = fs.CreateFolder ("H:\Favorites")
fs.CopyFolder "\\server\NETLOGON\Links" ,
"H:\Favorites\Links" , FALSE
fs.CopyFolder "\\server\NETLOGON\Profile\Cookies" ,
"H:\Favorites\Cookies" , FALSE
On Error Resume Next
Set WSHShell = nothing

VB Script that does the redirection

Dim Path
Path =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp
lorer\User
Shell Folders\"
set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
o=ws.RegWrite(Path & "Favorites", "H:\Favorites",
"REG_EXPAND_SZ")
v=ws.RegRead(Path & "Favorites")
Set WSHShell = nothing

Path =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp
lorer\Shell
Folders\"
set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
o=ws.RegWrite(Path & "Favorites", "H:\Favorites",
"REG_EXPAND_SZ")
v=ws.RegRead(Path & "Favorites")
Set WSHShell = nothing

Path =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp
lorer\User
Shell Folders\"
set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
o=ws.RegWrite(Path & "Cookies", "H:\Favorites\Cookies",
"REG_EXPAND_SZ")
v=ws.RegRead(Path & "Favorites")
Set WSHShell = nothing

Path =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Exp
lorer\Shell
Folders\"
set ws = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
o=ws.RegWrite(Path & "Cookies", "H:\Favorites\Cookies",
"REG_EXPAND_SZ")
v=ws.RegRead(Path & "Cookies")
Set WSHShell = nothing
 
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