Windows Server 2008 folder name mapping

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We are testing out a Windows Server 2008 with Terminal services. All users have a private network drive U: mapped to them

\\fileserv1\users$\

Currently it maps fine with an example of \\fileserv1\users$\ATurner mapped to U:

I go into this location and it shows the folder listed as ATurner


On the new Windows Server 2008 terminal server its trying to be a clever, but this will cause a lot of pain in future if it cannot be changed. It maps the users folder fine and they can see it and access it as usual, however in \\fileserv1\users$\ all the users folders on the new terminal server are showing up as 'My Documents'

So at the moment we have 6 folders called 'My Documents' These can all be accessed but we need to right click each one and go to security to see who it delongs to

Is there a way of making the folder names change to the name of the person instead of my documents? These can be renamed, because I did this with mine but there must be a way of having them not nename to my documents in the first place


Thanks
 
lol. I just found this too...

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...g/thread/0ab1d9aa-fc5a-4765-b60b-bc226df5cf71

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• Put this in the users logonscript.
Or as i did since this also is a problem with 2008 Terminalserver, and using the gpo "redirect my documents to users home folder" without "granting user exclusive rights to my documents"

create a cmd file with the command line shown bellow in it. put it on the logon share and add it as a logon / logoff script in the GPO for the OU where the Terminalserver / computers are in.
%windir%\system32\icacls.exe %homedrive%\Desktop.ini /deny "Domain Admins":r OR
%windir%\system32\icacls.exe %homedrive%\Desktop.ini /deny Administrators:r


This will prevent the Admins from seeing all folders as documents in the home folder share.

edit - by this understanding then non admin users will be able to see the correct folder names...However non admin users dont have access to the folder anyway, only admins, so its a pointless microsoft 'feature'
 
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