Folder Redirection

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Graham

Hi All
Is it possible to redirect My Documents folder on a local machine to a
Mapped drive located on a file server using group policy.
We are using Server 2000 with AD and the workstaions are all XP. All users
log on to the domain
PS Our users do not have access the the local C:\ drive.

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Is it possible to redirect My Documents folder on a local machine to a
Mapped drive located on a file server using group policy.
We are using Server 2000 with AD and the workstaions are all XP. All users
log on to the domain
PS Our users do not have access the the local C:\ drive.
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my users have home drives h: (\\novgaro.ru\files$\home\%username%). and in
group policy i use path \\novgaro.ru\files$\home\%username%\myDocs. Path
h:\myDocs did not work correctly, because at moment, when group policy
applied, network drives did not mapped. i think, this way is recomended.
 
Here is some more info on this topic:

"Currently, the use of mapped network drives and environment variables is
not supported in folder redirection. To use the Folder Redirection group
policy, you must specify a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path such as
\\<ServerName>\<ShareName> as the target folder location." - This is because
there is no guarantee the drive will be mapped when we need it for folder
redirection - Buz


274443 HOW TO: Dynamically Create Secure Redirected Folders By Using Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274443

242557 Registry Settings for Folder Redirection in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242557

216463 Redirecting the My Documents Folder for All Users in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216463

221837 Configuration of the My Documents Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=221837

Buz Brodin
MCSE NT4 / Win2K
Microsoft Enterprise Domain Support

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