Heh, I am not describing this well... If you have a user that has a GPO applied with the "My Documents" redirected, and everything under it (with offline files setup right etc) that folder gets redirected (obviously).
Now, my issue is that a folder "JoeBlow's Pictures" got created here --> C:\Documents and Settings\JoeBlow\My Documents\ JoeBlow's Pictures See my issue? Normally that folder is *empty* as the entry point from the UI is redirected. But now this folder is physically there and not redirected, so apps that use the "JoeBlow's Pictures" like some MS picture app w/ office (forgot what user was using) uses that non redirected folder. jlc Ps. My share forcefully enables offline folders etc, its all setup just as you describe already. From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Redirected Documents issues They only get backed up if you tell it to make them available offline.. BUT you need to tell it make all subfolders available offline. Force a full sync, and not a quick sync. A quick sync will not get all the files. Turn off the sync on logon or log off. That's the quick sync. After you configure the sync, you right click and choose synchronize.. that's a full sync. On top of that, are you XP Sp2, or SP3? If SP3, there's a post SP3 patch for offline files that Ive found that helps (WindowsXP-KB944898-x86-ENU.exe). Go to your GPO's Computer Config Administrative Templates Network\Offline Files Subfolders Always Available Offline Policy Setting Subfolders always available offline Enabled Ensures all subfolders are available offline when a folder is made available for offline use. Gpupdate /force reboot Also, put in the following reg keys to make sure you have no issues with file types, and enter in your own file types of course Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\ExclusionErrorSuppressionList] "*.mdb"=dword:00000000 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache\ExclusionErrorSuppressionList] "*.mdb"=dword:00000000 Doing this, I got rid of all my offline file issues, and any redirected files inside My Documents were available offline , or online provided the user did a sync to the corporate server on some type of regular basis. From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Redirected Documents issues If you redirect My Documents, then any folder in that folder will be redirected as well. The images *would* then be backed up. -- Mike Gill From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Redirected Documents issues I have this issue driving me nuts. Windows XP, all in a domain, when I redirect "My Documents" it also redirects "My Pictures" which is obviously what I need. It appears Windows also creates "%UserName%'s Pictures" under the profiles "My Documents" so some crappy apps use this to store pictures and users don't notice that they end up with unbacked up pictures? Why is this "%UserName%'s Pictures" folder being made and how do I stop it? Thanks! jlc ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
