Watch out for Offline Files. By default it’s enabled on folder redirection, even when done manually. Look in his list of offline servers and you will likely still see the old one.
I’m thinking that if you can get rid of that, the problem may be resolved. I’ve found in the past that this can be easier said than done, however. You may need to disable Offline Files completely, at least temporarily. BUT….Depending on the timing of this he may have new and changed files in that cached share, so I would recommend copying the files to a third location before you blow away the offline version. *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2015 7:55 PM *To:* NT *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Redirected Desktop without GPO Hi all I have a user that "redirected his desktop" some time ago on his pc , so today when we put a new NAS in his desktop won't load. He had his desktop folder located in his home share on the old server \\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop <file:///\\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop> because home shares didnt take up much space on the server we left the home shares but we renamed the server (server01 to server02), and gave the new NAS the old server name (server01) due to many apps/links/coding that is used using the original server name. So now when he logs on, his desktop hangs and errors out "could not locate \\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop <file:///\\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop> " which makes sense because the path "\\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop <file:///\\server01\users\user_name\home\desktop>" doesn't exist anymore and the real location is now "\\server02\users\user_name\home\desktop <file:///\\server02\users\user_name\home\desktop>" I went to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders changed the desktop folder to value to the new servername , but it still gives that error. I ran gpresult just to make sure it wasnt coming from domain GPO's and also opened up gpedit locally and there are no settings configured. I'm pretty stumped on this one
