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scottbean
Posts:6
 | | 03/23/2009 10:12 AM |
| I am having some strange behavior with a Vista lab (the only one here, the rest is XP). The goal was to have My Documents redirected to the Home Directory. (this would probably be easier to understand with screenshots but didn't know if that was allowed.)
Scenario:
Vista Lab
W2K3 File Server
W2K3 Native Mode AD slowly being migrated to W2k8
GPO is updated for W2k8/Vista
Users have a Home Directory located on the W2K3 server
My Documents are redirected via GPO
My Document settings:
Advanced - Specify locations for various user groups
Defined security group (have a group with Target Folder Location set to "Redirect to the user's home directory")
Under the settings tab the only thing checked is "apply redirection policy to windows 2000....."
For Policy Removal "Leave the folder in the new location....." is selected.
Let's say that in AD I have a user named DoeJ and that the home directory path is \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>.
>From a windows 7 or Vista box if I type in \\servername\share\<file:///\\servername\share\> and do a search for the DoeJ folder I cannot find it. BUT there are some folders just called "Documents" If I open one up in Win7 or Vista the address bar says "Network -> servername -> share -> Documents" now if I click in the address bar it changes to \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>
>From the actual server when I go to the "share" folder I see the folder "DoeJ" but it has the icon of a My Documents folder. BUT there are also some folders just called "Documents" under the "share" folder. When I open one of those one would think it would say the following in the address bar "E:\share\Documents" but it actually says "E:\share\KirkC" where KirkC is in AD with a home directory of \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> but yet I cannot find this folder on the server because it is actually named "Documents"
In both cases if I type in the address bar \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ> or \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> i get to the user's home directory.
This only happens for users that log into the Vista lab. This doesn't happen to any of the users that are on XP. I don't want a bunch of "Document" folders on the server. All I want is for My Documents to be redirected to the Home Directory (ie the way it works in XP).
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| tconnell
Posts:16
| | 03/23/2009 12:03 PM |
| Hey Scott- I've seen this before on my 2003 server, all of the home directories are suddenly called "Documents" instead of usernames. This only happens after logging into Vista machines, it's really annoying, I believe there is even an MS article about this behavior out there but I think they classify it as more of a feature than a bug. Anyway if you delete the desktop.ini file in one of the problematic home drives you will see the real folder name immediately re-appear. It is some kind of silly "enhancement" to the user shell. The problem is it will inevitably go back to being renamed "Documents". In our case we only have a few Vista PC's right now so it is not an issue so I don't know what the best long-term solution is. Perhaps there is a way to suppress this behavior with a registry hack?
Todd
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From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bean, Scott
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:07 AM
To: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [gptalk] Vista, Home Directories, and My Documents
I am having some strange behavior with a Vista lab (the only one here, the rest is XP). The goal was to have My Documents redirected to the Home Directory. (this would probably be easier to understand with screenshots but didn't know if that was allowed.)
Scenario:
Vista Lab
W2K3 File Server
W2K3 Native Mode AD slowly being migrated to W2k8
GPO is updated for W2k8/Vista
Users have a Home Directory located on the W2K3 server
My Documents are redirected via GPO
My Document settings:
Advanced - Specify locations for various user groups
Defined security group (have a group with Target Folder Location set to "Redirect to the user's home directory")
Under the settings tab the only thing checked is "apply redirection policy to windows 2000....."
For Policy Removal "Leave the folder in the new location....." is selected.
Let's say that in AD I have a user named DoeJ and that the home directory path is \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>.
>From a windows 7 or Vista box if I type in \\servername\share\<file:///\\servername\share\> and do a search for the DoeJ folder I cannot find it. BUT there are some folders just called "Documents" If I open one up in Win7 or Vista the address bar says "Network -> servername -> share -> Documents" now if I click in the address bar it changes to \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>
>From the actual server when I go to the "share" folder I see the folder "DoeJ" but it has the icon of a My Documents folder. BUT there are also some folders just called "Documents" under the "share" folder. When I open one of those one would think it would say the following in the address bar "E:\share\Documents" but it actually says "E:\share\KirkC" where KirkC is in AD with a home directory of \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> but yet I cannot find this folder on the server because it is actually named "Documents"
In both cases if I type in the address bar \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ> or \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> i get to the user's home directory.
This only happens for users that log into the Vista lab. This doesn't happen to any of the users that are on XP. I don't want a bunch of "Document" folders on the server. All I want is for My Documents to be redirected to the Home Directory (ie the way it works in XP).
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| scottbean
Posts:6
| | 03/23/2009 1:21 PM |
| Deleting the desktop.ini works fine with the server and renames the home directory from "Documents" back to "DoeJ" And yes, as soon as a user logs back into a Vista machine this happens again. This will be a managing nightmare, since we have over 20,000 users. As it stands now, I have to copy a blank desktop.ini to every home directory. Change the permissions to domain admins full control and everyone read & execute. This will at least make it so on the server I don't see thousands of home directories called "Documents" I have tried the suggestions from MS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947222 but those dont work. Is there no way to suppress this behavior?
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Connell, Todd F.
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:58 AM
To: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [gptalk] Vista, Home Directories, and My Documents
Hey Scott- I've seen this before on my 2003 server, all of the home directories are suddenly called "Documents" instead of usernames. This only happens after logging into Vista machines, it's really annoying, I believe there is even an MS article about this behavior out there but I think they classify it as more of a feature than a bug. Anyway if you delete the desktop.ini file in one of the problematic home drives you will see the real folder name immediately re-appear. It is some kind of silly "enhancement" to the user shell. The problem is it will inevitably go back to being renamed "Documents". In our case we only have a few Vista PC's right now so it is not an issue so I don't know what the best long-term solution is. Perhaps there is a way to suppress this behavior with a registry hack?
Todd
________________________________
From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bean, Scott
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:07 AM
To: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [gptalk] Vista, Home Directories, and My Documents
I am having some strange behavior with a Vista lab (the only one here, the rest is XP). The goal was to have My Documents redirected to the Home Directory. (this would probably be easier to understand with screenshots but didn't know if that was allowed.)
Scenario:
Vista Lab
W2K3 File Server
W2K3 Native Mode AD slowly being migrated to W2k8
GPO is updated for W2k8/Vista
Users have a Home Directory located on the W2K3 server
My Documents are redirected via GPO
My Document settings:
Advanced - Specify locations for various user groups
Defined security group (have a group with Target Folder Location set to "Redirect to the user's home directory")
Under the settings tab the only thing checked is "apply redirection policy to windows 2000....."
For Policy Removal "Leave the folder in the new location....." is selected.
Let's say that in AD I have a user named DoeJ and that the home directory path is \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>.
>From a windows 7 or Vista box if I type in \\servername\share\<file:///\\servername\share\> and do a search for the DoeJ folder I cannot find it. BUT there are some folders just called "Documents" If I open one up in Win7 or Vista the address bar says "Network -> servername -> share -> Documents" now if I click in the address bar it changes to \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ>
>From the actual server when I go to the "share" folder I see the folder "DoeJ" but it has the icon of a My Documents folder. BUT there are also some folders just called "Documents" under the "share" folder. When I open one of those one would think it would say the following in the address bar "E:\share\Documents" but it actually says "E:\share\KirkC" where KirkC is in AD with a home directory of \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> but yet I cannot find this folder on the server because it is actually named "Documents"
In both cases if I type in the address bar \\servername\share\DoeJ<file:///\\servername\share\DoeJ> or \\servername\share\KirkC<file:///\\servername\share\KirkC> i get to the user's home directory.
This only happens for users that log into the Vista lab. This doesn't happen to any of the users that are on XP. I don't want a bunch of "Document" folders on the server. All I want is for My Documents to be redirected to the Home Directory (ie the way it works in XP).
________________________________
*NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain certain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by e-mail and delete all copies of the original message. - Copyright (c) 2009 Levittown Public Schools - All rights reserved.
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