"Documents" and "My Documents"

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Harry Pfleger

I have some issues with the structure of c:\users\<username>...

What's the right way to handle this structure when using policy.
Some of our folders within the structure are set by gpo.
But it seems that they do not fit together.

Why is it, that I get a "Documents" and a "My Documents" folder...

Thankx, Cheers Harry



DETAILS:

In Windows Explorer in the Path: Deskop\<my name> I see the following:

Contacts (new (green) icon) does contain data pointing to server
Contacts (standard yellow icon) empty pointing local
Deskop (new (green) icon) OK pointing local
Documents (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Downloads (new (green) icon) empty pointing to server
Favorites (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
Links (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
My Documents (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Music (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Pictures (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
Saved Games (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Searches (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Videos (new (green) icon) data pointing to server

In Windows Explorer in the Path: c:\users\<username> I see the following:

Contacts (standard yellow icon)
Deskop (new (green) icon)
Documents (new (green) icon)
Saved Games (new (green) icon)
Searches (new (green) icon)

Questions:

Why do I have two Contacts?
Who can I get rid of "Contacts" local = combing with Contacts from server.
Keeping the new (green) icon.

Why is Documents empty?
I'd like Documents point to the user profile on the server
Get rid of "My Documents" and only use Documents (name and icon)

How can I get rid of "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Music" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Pictures" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "Videos" because it's in "My Documents"
 
Harry--

I'm not trying to be too basic here. Try putting the term group policy
vista in Vista Help. You can also configure it to search the web. Click on
Group Policy Management for IT Pros. I think it will help you get done what
you want.

I think there are about 30-250 more GP objects in Vista.

Maybe this will help you:

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Vista

Overview
This spreadsheet lists the policy settings for computer and user
configurations included in the administrative template files (admx/adml)
delivered with Windows Vista (RTM build 6000). The policy settings included
in this spreadsheet cover Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
Windows XP Professional, and Windows 2000. These files are used to expose
policy settings when you edit Group Policy objects (GPOs) using Group Policy
Object Editor (also known as GPEdit).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...9b-3328-4350-ade1-c0d9289f09ef&DisplayLang=en

How to Enable the Windows Vista Network Map
http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2006/11/03/enable_5F00_vista_5F00_network_5F00_map.aspx

More Powerful GP in Windows Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/VistaGPO/default.aspx

I'm unclear as to how you find My Documents, or anything with My in front of
it referenced in Vista instead of Documents using the file path
C:\Users\Henry's profile.

CH


I have some issues with the structure of c:\users\<username>...

What's the right way to handle this structure when using policy.
Some of our folders within the structure are set by gpo.
But it seems that they do not fit together.

Why is it, that I get a "Documents" and a "My Documents" folder...

Thankx, Cheers Harry



DETAILS:

In Windows Explorer in the Path: Deskop\<my name> I see the following:

Contacts (new (green) icon) does contain data pointing
to server
Contacts (standard yellow icon) empty
pointing local
Deskop (new (green) icon) OK
pointing local
Documents (new (green) icon) empty
pointing local
Downloads (new (green) icon) empty
pointing to server
Favorites (new (green) icon) OK
pointing to server
Links (new (green) icon) OK
pointing to server
My Documents (standard yellow icon) data
pointing to server
My Music (standard yellow icon) data
pointing to server
My Pictures (standard yellow icon) data
pointing to server
Saved Games (new (green) icon) empty pointing
local
Searches (new (green) icon) empty
pointing local
Videos (new (green) icon) data
pointing to server

In Windows Explorer in the Path: c:\users\<username> I see the following:

Contacts (standard yellow icon)
Deskop (new (green) icon)
Documents (new (green) icon)
Saved Games (new (green) icon)
Searches (new (green) icon)

Questions:

Why do I have two Contacts?
Who can I get rid of "Contacts" local = combing with Contacts from
server.
Keeping the new (green) icon.

Why is Documents empty?
I'd like Documents point to the user profile on the server
Get rid of "My Documents" and only use Documents (name and icon)

How can I get rid of "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Music" because it's in "My
Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Pictures" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "Videos" because it's in "My Documents"
 
Any folder with "My" is a legacy reference. Vista does not use the "MY" system folder prefix. It is not a folder. It is a shortcut. Search this ng on "symlinks." It has been discussed in detail. A sample:

"Access is denied" to these shortcuts so that users do not defeat their purpose by "cleaning up" thier folders.
I have some issues with the structure of c:\users\<username>...

What's the right way to handle this structure when using policy.
Some of our folders within the structure are set by gpo.
But it seems that they do not fit together.

Why is it, that I get a "Documents" and a "My Documents" folder...

Thankx, Cheers Harry



DETAILS:

In Windows Explorer in the Path: Deskop\<my name> I see the following:

Contacts (new (green) icon) does contain data pointing to server
Contacts (standard yellow icon) empty pointing local
Deskop (new (green) icon) OK pointing local
Documents (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Downloads (new (green) icon) empty pointing to server
Favorites (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
Links (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
My Documents (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Music (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Pictures (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
Saved Games (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Searches (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Videos (new (green) icon) data pointing to server

In Windows Explorer in the Path: c:\users\<username> I see the following:

Contacts (standard yellow icon)
Deskop (new (green) icon)
Documents (new (green) icon)
Saved Games (new (green) icon)
Searches (new (green) icon)

Questions:

Why do I have two Contacts?
Who can I get rid of "Contacts" local = combing with Contacts from server.
Keeping the new (green) icon.

Why is Documents empty?
I'd like Documents point to the user profile on the server
Get rid of "My Documents" and only use Documents (name and icon)

How can I get rid of "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Music" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Pictures" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "Videos" because it's in "My Documents"
 
Thankx to both, Chad and Colin!

I could fix all my issues with applying the "right" GPO settings and deleding some "local folders" in c:\users\<username>

One issue I found, was when showing the properties of an existing GPO ("Documents" and "Pictures") it was still showing that it will generaete a "My Documents" and a "My Pictures") folder, which it did. So I was having this folders... What I needed do to on the GPO was do deactivate it and to remove the legacly checkbox (Windows Server, Windows XP...). After this I changed the GPO back to what I'd like it to be. Now it did "gerenate" only "Documents" and "Pictures"... and after a gpupdate /force and a logout/login everything was fine...

Cheers Harry

I have some issues with the structure of c:\users\<username>...

What's the right way to handle this structure when using policy.
Some of our folders within the structure are set by gpo.
But it seems that they do not fit together.

Why is it, that I get a "Documents" and a "My Documents" folder...

Thankx, Cheers Harry



DETAILS:

In Windows Explorer in the Path: Deskop\<my name> I see the following:

Contacts (new (green) icon) does contain data pointing to server
Contacts (standard yellow icon) empty pointing local
Deskop (new (green) icon) OK pointing local
Documents (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Downloads (new (green) icon) empty pointing to server
Favorites (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
Links (new (green) icon) OK pointing to server
My Documents (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Music (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
My Pictures (standard yellow icon) data pointing to server
Saved Games (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Searches (new (green) icon) empty pointing local
Videos (new (green) icon) data pointing to server

In Windows Explorer in the Path: c:\users\<username> I see the following:

Contacts (standard yellow icon)
Deskop (new (green) icon)
Documents (new (green) icon)
Saved Games (new (green) icon)
Searches (new (green) icon)

Questions:

Why do I have two Contacts?
Who can I get rid of "Contacts" local = combing with Contacts from server.
Keeping the new (green) icon.

Why is Documents empty?
I'd like Documents point to the user profile on the server
Get rid of "My Documents" and only use Documents (name and icon)

How can I get rid of "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Music" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "My Pictures" because it's in "My Documents"
How can I get rid of "Videos" because it's in "My Documents"
 
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