How do I force a folder to redirect?
Edit the group policy, drill down to User Configuration > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection and right click – properties on each folder you want to reset. Set the setting to “Basic – Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location” and set the target folder location to “Redirect to the local userprofile location”.
How do I undo a redirect folder?
You can force the folders to revert back to the local profile by setting the target location value to “Redirect to the local userprofile location” and enable “Redirect the folder back to the local userprofile location when the policy is removed” setting.
How do I redirect folder in Group Policy?
In Group Policy Management, right-click the GPO you created (for example, Folder Redirection Settings), and then select Edit. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, navigate to User Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Folder Redirection.
What happens when you turn off folder redirection?
It sounds like after turning off redirection the profile will be moved onto the local machine. In account setup I entered a path to the profile directory and created a folder for each user’s profile.
How do I remove folder redirection from the computer group policy or domain management settings?
Right-click on one of the redirected folders, choose Properties, and go to the Settings tab. Make note of whether “Move the contents of Documents to the new location” is checked and the “Policy Removal” behavior.
How do I change folder redirection in group policy?
To specify the location of folders in a user profile In the GPMC console tree, right-click the Group Policy Object that is linked to the site, domain, or organizational unit that contains the users whose user profile folders you want to redirect, and then click Edit.
How do I disable local directory redirection?
In the Properties for each folder, set the Target Setting to “Basic” and the Target folder location to “Redirect to the local userprofile location.” On the Settings tab, make sure you uncheck “Move the contents of [folder] to the new location” so that the redirected files don’t end up on the server.
What is applying folder redirection policy?
The folder redirection is the way to keep a profile folders to a network location or other location in the local computer. Typically user profiles and settings are stored in local profile. By redirecting folders, you can access to data regardless of which computers you are logs in.
What is userprofile path?
In Windows, your user profile folder is a special folder containing files and folders pertaining only to you. It contains your Desktop, your Documents, and personal data such as your application preferences. Files in the user profile folder are private to you. Using %USERPROFILE% in File Explorer.