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sbs 2011 my docs redirection not working

I'm in the process of migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 and am having trouble with My Documents redirection GPO. When I do a gpresult it indicates that the GP is processing successfully. If I go ...
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Folder redirect policy does not apply to one user

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2, my station runs Windows 7. while defining folder redirection policy (and others) I find that the redirection does not apply (or appear) in rsop.msc checkout. ...
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How to set new folders created by folder redirection to allow Administrators Full Control

I remember when I was first configuring folder redirection with Group Policy (User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection), I had an option to always automatically create new folders with ...
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Best location for redirected folders on windows server

What is the best location to store the user redirected folders on windows server r2? At the moment I have it in a completely different share but the problem is that the ntfs permissions on the folder ...
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Windows Server 2003 GPO Redirected Folders

I have a network share where I pull the Desktop and the Start menu items for all Terminal Server sessions based on the User's group membership using a GPO. Unfortunately I did not have something ...
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Site-specific folder redirection through group policy

Suppose I have two sites - A and B - both with 5/5 Mbps WAN links that are connected via L2L VPN. Each Site is defined in AD Sites 'n Services with its own domain controllers, etc. The problem is that ...
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Group Policy 2008 My Documents Folder Redirect

I want to use Group Policy to redirect my users' My Documents folders to their network user folders. When I choose the GP setting that says "Redirect to the user's home directory", it changes all of ...
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After disabling folder redirection My Documents still redirected

like title says. I disabled my folder redirection after it became too much of a hassle. I had been experiencing reorganization of my start menu, links intermittently disabled and then reappearing, ...
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Group Policy Folder Redirection deleted my Documents folder

OK so i have a server 2008 R2 server with AD. I created a group policy for folder redirection of the documents folder and applied it. I logged on with my work machine (windows 7 32 bit) and the folder ...
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Desktop Folder Redirection Consistency

I have changed our Desktop folder redirection policy to point to a new share on the server. Some computers are accepting the new policy and displaying the new shortcuts. Others display no icons and ...
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What would happen if I uncheck “Exclusive rights to owner” in Folder Redirection GPO Editor?

I was "debugging" my Folder Redirection GPO What would happen if I uncheck "Exclusive rights to owner" in Folder Redirection GPO Editor? I'm interested in consequences. What would happen to the ...
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Folder redirection GPO is not working for certain users gpupdate doesn't work

I am using Folder Redirection to redirect Desktop and Documents. All users are on the same OU they are members of identical groups. The server is only one. However some users work with Folder ...
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Folder Redirection does not sync files back to share folders

I have a problem with folder redirection on Windows 7 client + Windows 2008 Server R2. The problem is files created in redirected folders (e.g. My Documents) never get synced back to the server. It ...
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Error with basic Windows 7 Folder Redirection on Server 2003 domain

I am trying to set up folder redirection for users on Windows 7 machines on a Windows Server 2003 domain. I have applied the "Basic" Folder Redirection group policy for the "Documents" folder to ...
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Folder Redirection on certain profiles is Labeled Wrong

FTR I also suffer from "previous-admin-itis". I had two client computers (Domain=SBS2003, Clients=Vista) that were using the improper folder for folder redirection. Instead of pointing My Documents ...
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Folder Redirection and Offline Files make for 1 hour logons on laptops

I have enabled Folder Redirection, and Offline files via group policy, and now laptops take an and to "applying computer settings" and then the logon itself takes an amazing amount of time. These are ...
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Is it possible to apply a group policy only to certain computers / groups of computers?

I want to setup folder redirection for all of the workstations in the office, with the exception of several laptop users. Is there a way to create a Group Policy that applies only to a certain set of ...
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Windows 7 Folder Redirection (GPO)

I have been fighting this issue for a day or two now, so I am looking for some insight. I am taking over admin duties in a domain of 800 users, and the previous admins really did not employ much of ...