When a user's My Documents folder is redirected to a DFS share, Windows Explorer requires a manual refresh after creating a new folder, file, etc. Interestingly, the manual refresh is not necessary when making a new briefcase.
I have tried a number of MS knowledge base articles, a hot-fix and a registry change, all with no success. In particular, I have tried KB823291 and KB873392.
The problem only occurs when going through the My Documents icon. If I map a home drive for the user to the exact same location, e.g. H:\DFS\user\documents
, open that drive and make new folders, then there is no problem.
Mapping My Documents to H:\
also resolves the issue. However, as we need folder sync and people logging on off site with cached profiles, this is not a workable solution, as H: will not map and there will be no access to their docs.
Has anyone managed to figure a fix for this?