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Windows 7 and Folder Redirection Issue

I found folder permissions to be the only problem when configuring folder redirection on windows 7.

Dont forget to enforce the policy on client PC by goign to cmd and typing “gpupdate /force” and reloging.

This is a user policy so you dont need to boot your PC, just log off and on to test the setting

I sucessfully manage to configure those on windows 7 so I can confirm they work. What I did was to manually ensure that the Parent Folder to where I was redirecting my folders had permission for the SYSTEM and USERS to create the personal folders required.

For instance if you are redirecting my documents to \\server\personal\%username% so that user Bob has the My Documents folder redirected to \\server\personal\Bob what you must ensure is that:

\\server\personal is Owned by Authenticated Users

\\server\personal has Full Control permission for Authenticated Users

\\server\personal has Full Control permission for SYSTEM

\\server\personal has Full Control permission for OWNER (may appear as Special Permission if the full control is only appliable to files and subfolders, still works!)

\\server\personal has Full Control permission for Admins (this may be option, I put it just in case)

if you already created a Bob dir manually make sure that:

\\server\personal\Bob is Owned by Bob

\\server\personal\Bob has Full Control permission for Bob

\\server\personal\Bob has Full Control permission for SYSTEM

\\server\personal has Full Control permission for OWNER (may appear as Special Permission if the full control is only appliable to files and subfolders, still works!)

\\server\personal\Bob has Full Control permission for Admins (this may be option, I put it just in case)

Hope this helps you

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