Server 2008 R2 Standard Folder Redirection Nightmare!

hi everyone

i creating new domain has 1 dc , 10 windows 7 pro clients , couple xp pro clients. have domain controller , running fine. problem started when tried deploy folder redirection.

what have user's documents/pics/music/etc folders redirected spot on server manage files. i've done server 2003 in past , never had issues setting or while in use. files saved e:\users\%username%. i've named server "server" because 1 have. have created folder on server , have shared folder "user$". has full permissions on share. ntfs permissions have authenticated users modify permission. how setup 2003 1 , worked fine.

then setup gpo called "folder redirection" in group policy , linked whole domain. each folder setup basic redirect. root path \\server\user$. applied restarted , folder redirection appears work fine logged in administrator account on server. however, when try logging in on computer joined domain, folders not redirect properly. instead, redirect "\\<local_computername>\user$\<admin_account>\<folder>". cannot figure out why populates local computer name instead of "\\server\etc...". example, on computer named "henry" desktop folder populates "\\henry\user$\nathan\desktop". computer named "testing" populates "\\testing\user$\nathan\desktop".

does know why it's doing this? if it's entered wrong or didn't do? appreciated! thanks.

nathan j

hi,

according description did test can’t reproduce issue.

you specified location “\\server\user$” folder redirection root path, have tried connect network share directly, can access that?

run below command on client, make sure can resolve single label name server correct ip address:

nslookup server

you may modify root path use ip address instead of server name:

\\ip address\user$

for more information please refer following ms articles:

specify location of folders in user profile
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771969
using folder redirection
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753996

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