tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post9080716871222035198..comments2022-03-25T11:02:45.877-04:00Comments on Vista Vitals: Folder Redirection: Not to the user's home directoryGordon Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-79086571467079084382010-02-27T13:25:18.498-05:002010-02-27T13:25:18.498-05:00It`s an easy fix for this..
Like my environment i...It`s an easy fix for this..<br /><br />Like my environment i have 50 diferent companyes on a citrix farm, and i do not want to mix their homefolder with several companies, and i do not want to have to edit the GPO each time we get a new contract and making a share for a new company and using the "advanced" with groups folder redirection.<br /><br /><br />Make one gpo, use "redirect to users home folder"<br /><br />and make a logon scripts that executes this command: <br />%windir%\system32\icacls.exe %homedrive%\Desktop.ini /deny "Domain Admins":r<br /><br />Deny admin read access for the Desktop.ini will solve the problem, and keep the administration of new companies easy.<br /><br />-TEKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-19546407909177591622009-05-13T17:02:00.000-04:002009-05-13T17:02:00.000-04:00There isn't really any new information on this top...There isn't really any new information on this topic - Microsoft hasn't offered any solutions to these problems. I'm waiting to see what Windows 7 does.<br /><br />Thankfully you only have 50 users so a manual process isn't out of the question.<br /><br />You just need to create a subfolder for the documents under each user's home folder, move all the data to it and add the folder to the path in the GPO. (Make sure the Move Data option in the GPO isn't set or you'll have more problems.)Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-5541012050023212672009-05-13T10:56:00.000-04:002009-05-13T10:56:00.000-04:00I am having the exact same issue, we took over an ...I am having the exact same issue, we took over an environment and that has indeed 50 "Documents" folders.<br /><br />The quick fix is good old total commander which shows the usernames, but what is the quickest way to repair this, rebuild the policy in a good way? Have you since your encounter receive any quick fix that shows the folder names within explorer.Johanhttp://www.phylax.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-61122168382438067742008-04-03T14:17:00.000-04:002008-04-03T14:17:00.000-04:00The Video and Pictures folders are different from ...The Video and Pictures folders are different from all the others (at least a little). In XP the folders were stored as children of the Documents folder. If you kept this structure alive in Vista then you would get a duplication of folders. This is because the User Files Folder would show the ones in the location you specified and the Documents folder would show it to you again since it would still be found under that folder as well.<BR/><BR/>Also, the Vista GPO for those two folders is a little different. It has an option that acknowledges that old relationship in XP. It offers to make the folders children of the Documents folder or something. I know I got unpredictable results when I tried that option. - Take a look, you'll see what I mean.Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-28650276292690190302008-04-03T10:35:00.000-04:002008-04-03T10:35:00.000-04:00Gordon - great article and one of the few that I h...Gordon - great article and one of the few that I have found close to my issue. This is more simplistic that the environment you have but is a pain nevertheless.<BR/><BR/>I have moved my Documents folder from c:\ to d:\ through the LOCATION tab in the properties menu. It worked well for most of my 11 DOCUMENTS folders however the VIDEO and PICTURES folders are duplicated. The first icon for Pictures is the regular green icon and the second one is a yellow folder. I can delete the yellow folder (there is nothing in it) but it will return when I reboot the machine. Weird. I am fairly new to Vista but have done this before in 2000/XP with no problem. Any ideas on how this nuisance might be remedied?<BR/><BR/>Much thanks,<BR/>Dave<BR/><BR/>PS - Also a consultant in Ottawa - see you around the Feds some day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-74466906868032677482008-03-01T20:49:00.000-05:002008-03-01T20:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link anonymous! It's nice to see t...Thanks for the link anonymous! It's nice to see that Microsoft has provided some additional advice on the problem. I'm already committed to my solution and so will be unable to test it, but if anyone else has luck with this, please post your results for everyone.<BR/><BR/>I do have some comments though...<BR/><BR/>1) Granting exclusive rights will only work if you let the GPO create the folder. It will not work if the folder has already been created or if someone is already experiencing the problem.<BR/><BR/>2) The exclusive rights trick works by preventing the administrator from being able to see the contents of each user's folder - including the Desktop.ini file that causes the problem. But the problem is evident again the minute you do grant admin access in order to fix something for a user. It also means that users will be unable to share data with one-another (some organizations like doing this sort of thing).Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-35580828788865483042008-03-01T15:58:00.000-05:002008-03-01T15:58:00.000-05:00http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947222 A possible...http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947222 <BR/>A possible for youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-25500300332696764902008-01-15T15:12:00.000-05:002008-01-15T15:12:00.000-05:00Hi Dan,I guess it's not a lot of fun to hear "Yep,...Hi Dan,<BR/><BR/>I guess it's not a lot of fun to hear "Yep, I think you've got a problem thar!". But that is about all I can offer. My only hope is that while you are here you will learn about other problems you can avoid in the future.<BR/><BR/>In answer to your question, having a container folder is the easiest solution if you can get there from here. I wasn't aware that changing the folders around would have a negative impact of Offline Files. I'm guessing that you are thinking that if the partnership gets changed to a new path, that Vista will lose track of things... I have no experience in this regard. I was hoping that Vista would be smart enough to take care of itself - maybe diconnect from the old partnership and connect to the new one and then eventually clean up the old one in the future. Let us all know what your experience ends up being. (Feel free to update us here, or if you have a lot to write, send it to my e-mail and I can credit you with a resulting article.)<BR/><BR/>Another option for you might be to attack the Desktop.ini files - particularly if they are corrupting. It would be a simple matter to write a script that forces a name for the folders like "Dan's Documents" or something. - Of course, this would break the bilingualism features of the Desktop.ini. But maybe that doesn't matter to you.<BR/><BR/>If you figure out anything regarding the corruption issue, e-mail me and we can come up with an article for it.Gordon Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329071837400811838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-834310151416822262.post-21107040301194681952008-01-15T12:57:00.000-05:002008-01-15T12:57:00.000-05:00We are running into this very issue - though I was...We are running into this very issue - though I was not using the reidirect to home directory, I was using the other GPO to redirect to the home directory - with over 3000 vista users I didnt notice the problem until its too late. The only solution I have is to create container folders for all the users, move the doc folders inside those and change the folder redirection... And cross my fingers and hope it all works out.. My biggest concern and the thing that REALLY blows up in testing this fix is Offline files... Since most of my users use offline files this presents a HUGE problem. Anywho - the only good fix i guess, is make sure the users are fully synced, and then flush the Offline cache, create the GPO changes and force them to the client... It sucks all the same. Do you have any other suggestions And FYI the other odd thing I am seeing is that for some reason the desktop.ini for alot of my users is becomming corrupt, and taking on the "name" of another users docs (IE a user changes her "documents" to "My Filez" then for some reason another user logs into that machine and their "documents are now "My Filez" and same on the win2003 server side of thins... - I am still trying to figure out what is causing this.<BR/><BR/>you can email me at dbaker at ursulinestl dot orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com