folder redirection in Group policy editor HELP!

Lex · 17 Jun 2007 at 16:17

I cant find the folder redirection folder under group policy editor > user configuration > windows settings > folder redirection.

It's just not there! How can i get it back?

oddjob62 · 17 Jun 2007 at 16:27

Lex said:
I cant find the folder redirection folder under group policy editor > user configuration > windows settings > folder redirection.

It's just not there! How can i get it back?

Sure you're not looking at the LOCAL group policy editor?

Lex · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:02

oddjob62 said:
Sure you're not looking at the LOCAL group policy editor?

i wasnt looking at local group but i was not linked to the OU. Problem solved though.

Lex · 17 Jun 2007 at 20:24

despite i found it. still didnt see the updated targed on the client machine.
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what am i doing wrong!!!

oddjob62 · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:24

Lex said:
despite i found it. still didnt see the updated targed on the client machine.
:\

what am i doing wrong!!!

Sure you've applied it to the right OU (ie the user not the computer)?
Does the user have proper access to the share used for redirection?
Event logs??

I'm afraid "it doesn't work... what's wrong" doesn't give us much to work with.

Relentless · 17 Jun 2007 at 21:37

You really should not be messing with something you know nothing about.

I suggest researching it properly and not asking a hard ware forum about how to do it.

oddjob62 · 17 Jun 2007 at 23:52

Relentless said:
You really should not be messing with something you know nothing about.

I suggest researching it properly and not asking a hard ware forum about how to do it.

Bit harsh mate.. IIRC Lex is setting this up at home so that he can learn... I did the same when i first started.

aix0 · 18 Jun 2007 at 00:13

Relentless said:
You really should not be messing with something you know nothing about.

I suggest researching it properly and not asking a hard ware forum about how to do it.

We're in 'Windows & Other Software', a place where people come to discuss and seek support for 'Windows & Other Software'.

mr.bond · 18 Jun 2007 at 00:29

Relentless said:
You really should not be messing with something you know nothing about.

I suggest researching it properly and not asking a hard ware forum about how to do it.

TBH he/she is not asking in a hardware forum, and rightly shouldn't be.

OP, run gpresult on a machine (logged on as said user) which you expect the policy to be applied to. Most of these problems are easily sorted, run that, check the results and post back.

*Sorry if I'm a bit vague, had a few beers*

Oopps, problem solved I see : )

TheKnat · 18 Jun 2007 at 08:50

GP can take a little while to apply sometimes but it can be quickened by doing a gpupdate /force in the command prompt.

If it still doesnt work do a gpresult /v >c:\gp.txt and then have a look at the output. You might find that for some reason the user isn't getting the policy applied to them (correct OU? link GP object to OU?)

topher · 18 Jun 2007 at 11:59

do you want to redirect folders per user or per workstation?

Lex · 18 Jun 2007 at 15:02

topher said:
do you want to redirect folders per user or per workstation?

per user.

Relentless said:
You really should not be messing with something you know nothing about.

I suggest researching it properly and not asking a hard ware forum about how to do it.

lol excuse me! I have researched you special person! I don't think i need that kinda comment when i'm trying to get a little help on something. I have merely stumbled across something which i probably overlooked!

topher · 19 Jun 2007 at 13:06

have you done gpresult to see if the policy is being applied?

are other policies being applied?

I use folder redirection at work but I also is it with group policy loopback enable. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231287