Good morning everyone;
Previously a GPO had been configured to redirect users "My Documents" folders to a network location. This option requires specifying the full UNC path to the server which is to store the data (\\(servername)\(sharename)). As of this past weekend the server which was being used to store the user data was renamed and the UNC name specified in the GPO had been updated to reflect the new server name.
Problem:
The problem seems to be that the GPO is not updating the clients to reflect the new server name. I thought that it might be the fact that a separate GPO was restricting users from changing the path of their "My Documents" folder, I also thought that it may be the fact that the "Properties" setting was removed from the context menu for "My Documents". Disabling both of these options has not solved the issue. I have also tested the setting by creating a new OU with a new user account and disabling all GPO settings except folder redirection and there still seems to be a problem. I have implemented a temporary solution to effectively "force" redirection by using the login script to overwrite the registry key with the new location, but this will become tedious further on if a new user is created by not automatically creating their user shares. Another thing worth mentioning may be that the majority of client PC's are using Windows 2000.
I apoligize if this is not clear in advance, if anyone would like further detail please ask and I will do my best to answer.
Thanks!
Michael
