GPO (as a whole) problem or Folder Redirection Problem?

Hello everyone,
After a couple hours of looking at different TN articles on folder redirection I just can't get it to work properly. I had some major system errors and had to perform a clean install of the OS. My folder redirections from the old install seem to be in place
and are about the same size despite me backing up all the content before the reinstall on each terminal (4 of them) to a usb drive.
I enabled folder redirection through the dashboard and performed a gpupdate /force I see the GPO in the Group Policy editor but none of my machines seem to be accepting any group policies now that I look at it and write this I have firefox set to update
to the latest .msi and it isn't doing that either could this be a bigger problem than just folder redirection?
Any tips or links to articles I may have not seen would be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance everyone.

Hi James,
Based on your description, I understand that you enable folder redirection (click Implement Group Policy on
Dashboard) on a Windows Server 2012 Essentials (or a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials?).
On current situation, please refer to following and check.
1. Would you please let me know edition information of this client computer?
2. On the server essentials, please open Group Policy Management. Then navigate to WSE Group Policy Folder Redirection and click it. In right panel, navigate to WMI Filtering
and select WSE Group Policy WMI Filter, then click Open button. Please check
Queries in the WMI Filter. You can psot complete queries here (include Namespace and Query).
3. On the client computer, please run the command in a command prompt:
gpresult /z > c:\policy.txt. Then check this policy.txt in C drive or post the result here.
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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Folder redirection configured in GPO does not create Documents folder and does not redirect

Hi
Another Folder Redirect-post - sorry for that, but I could not find an answer for my problem so far: even with consulting many threads here...
We have an existing environment under Windows XP and want to move away from that. Now I ran into troubles with folder redirection...
The following folder- and permission structure exists so far:
\\<server>\<Users$-share>: This is the base folder for all users-directories
-> Permissions: SYSTEM: Full / Administrators: Full / Users: Read&Execute, only this folder
-> Share-permissions: Authenticated users: Full control
\\<server>\<Users$-share>\<username>: base folder for the specific user
-> Permissions: SYSTEM: Full / Administrators: Full / User: Change, all permissions inherited onwards
-> Giving only change permission prevent further problems with self-called "advanced users"... ;-)
\\<server>\<Users$-share>\<username>\profil.V2: Profile directory of the user
-> Of course here the permissions are set by the system: override the predefined permission
\\<server>\<Users$-share>\<username>\daten: Atcual Home directory of the user
\\<server>\<Users$-share>\<username>\daten\Documents: Suposed Documents directory of the user
Now I am going to Server 2012 and Windows 8.1, configured the GPO to redirect Documents folder into the above mentioned:
GPO - User configuration - Policies - Windows settings - Folder Redirection - Documents:
Setting: Standart - redirects all folders to the same path
Destination folder: Copy to base directory of the user
I apply policy to the user, log out and in - it doesn't work, no folder Documents created in my home-folder, Folder Documents still configured at C:\Users\<user>\Documents
A very special point:
I also do Redirection of the My Pictures-folder: Define it to follow the Documents folder. Funnily that one works and creates and configures \\<server>\<Users$-share>\<username>\daten\Pictures
-> So in my eyes, it should work!
Then: I want to do the folder redirection without Offline Files, due to the fact, that our users work with dynamically assigned virtual desktops, which are been cleaned everytime a user logs off a machine. Therefore synchronizing doesn't make sense...
I just cannot see, why this redirection does not work :-(
Thank you very much for any help!
Kind regards
David

Hi David,
Before going further, would you please let me confirm the OS version of the Windows Server which you used to
configure folder redirection? Based on your description, did you mean that those users (who will be applied folder redirection settings) logged on Windows XP client computer?
When you configure the folder redirection setting in Document Properties (path:
User Configuration-> Policies-> Windows Settings-> Folder Redirection-> Documents), please check if you checked “Also apply redirection policy to Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating system” in Settings
tab. As below picture shows.
à
GPO - User configuration - Policies - Windows settings - Folder Redirection - Documents:
à•Setting: Standart
- redirects all folders to the same path
à•Destination
folder: Copy to base directory of the user
Would you please provide a screenshot of those settings you describe? Meanwhile, please summarily describe
that how you configure. For example, where this GPO link to? Or any other. It will help me to understand clearly. Thanks for your understanding.
In addition, please use
gpresult command to check if the folder redirection group policy was really applied.
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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I would like to create gpo's with all kinds of folder redirection configurations using a script.
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Folder Redirection GPO with Server 2012 R2 and Windows 7

Hey folks,
I have recently migrated from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2. I have set up a new GPO to redirect: Desktops & My Documents to the server \\dc.companyname.local\folder_redirections\ on all the windows 7 desktops
in the office.
The problem i ahve having is that when i run gpresult is says that the GPO is being applied but when i check the location of the mentioned locations they are still pointing to the local desktop or the old 2008r2
server. I have double checked the permission on the share folder and i have even set upo a test folder with everyone having full rights and it still will not
redirect the folders... any ideas would be most welcome!
I cannot post pictures yet until i am verified :)

> locations they are still pointing to the local desktop or the old 2008r2
Check event logs. Folder redirection creates events if things go wrong...
Martin
Mal ein
GUTES Buch über GPOs lesen?
NO THEY ARE NOT EVIL, if you know what you are doing:
Good or bad GPOs?
And if IT bothers me - coke bottle design refreshment :))

Library Folder Redirect causing MCX Problems for groups

Hi there,
My problem is related to this topic:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1685965&tstart=15
I have found that the only way to stop my afp server freaking out, and slowing down (drastically) the end users experience is to redirect the Library folder from their home folder to /tmp/user/Library so that it's being read and written locally.
The only problem with this of course is that all preferences are reset to default each time a user logs in. I'm not so bothered about that but it seems that my group MCX preferences are also not being created. Or at least some of them aren't, the dock seems fine but the preferences for the apple mouse for instance aren't being picked up.
I'm wondering if this is because the MCXRedirect isn't creating the Library folder quick enough for certain preferences to be copied!?
I've tried redirecting sub folders within the Library folder except Preferences but I still get the slow down (for instance Safari bounces about 7 times on launch without the Library folder redirected, It bounces just once with the redirect.
I'm wondering if there's a way to set the defaults locally on each machine, so that even if MCX doesn't work, the machines own default preferences could be replaced by mine!?
I'm running out of ideas, I have four brand new iMac suites, a very fast new server with plenty of RAM, running on a gigabit network and my users all complain of crippling slowness, constant beach-balling.
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It didn't do anything to Front Row on my computer. I doubt it did anything on yours, either.
1) Update wouldn't have done that. There is no code in the update to replace that string with 10.5.8.
2) Your boot files are messed up or non-existent. Very rarely this can be fixed without reinstalling the system.
3) There are always a lot of permissions that can't be repaired by DU because they don't need to be repaired. They're not broken, just different. Did you check permissions before you applied the update?
4) Sounds like you have serious hardware problems. With the Snow Leopard disk installed, can you restart while holding down Option key and get to the startup manager? If so, pick the Snow Leopard disk and boot from it. Use Disk Utility in the Utilities menu (available after selecting a language) and repair the disk. Don't repair permissions from that disk.
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Folder Redirection via GPO (Windows Server 08 R2)

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Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection Error 502. CSC database locked by another user

Dear all,
We are finalizing our Windows 7 migration where we migrated 500+ clients. In our enterprise concept we implemented RUP (Roaming User Profiles) and Redirected Folders for all
users. The Redirected Folders have been by enabled by a single GPO which redirects all folders from
AppData to
Searches \\servername.domain.name\documents$\%username%.
Problem:
The RUP and Redirected folders solution works fine until a new user wants to logon. This new user has been migrated to RUP and Redirected on another system and
he just wants to work on another workplace or gets a temporary pc. What happens is that redirected folders do not work. The user gets a message that the folder is not reachable and desktop is empty.
Troubleshooting:
Soon I found out that something was being locked. If we used a user account which had working Redirect Folders than this
worked for that user. An event of 10 was logged in OfflineFiles area of EventViewer to reconnect the path which was configured in the GPO.
This is example screenshot. It says "Error on Open Folder. \\server.domain.name\documents$\%username%\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard disk
on this computer, or a on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted, or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location."
These symptoms happen randomly and not on all workstations. The pain here is when it happens on a portable computer. For desktop we disabled the "Disable Offline Files' in "Manage
Offline Files" control panel and then reboot. After the reboot the folders are directed
and it works without these errors... On portable computer we can't use this work around as they need to work offline.
If I connect to the share without the FQDN like \\servername\documents$\%username%\Desktop than this works fine and user can access all folders. When I try the FQDN path which is
configured in the GPO to redirect user to like \\servername.domain.name\documents$\%username%\Desktop than it fails with this message. I personally think because the C:\Windows\CSC database is locked by the previous user who has been logged on this system.
An example of the event generated in the Applications Event viewer part (I removed some username and server path):
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection
Date:          1-2-2011 17:40:11
Event ID:      502
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          domain\ivan
Computer:      computer.domain.name
Description:
Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Videos" to "\\servername.domain.name\documents$\ivan\Documents\My Videos".
Redirection options=0x1001.
The following error occurred: "Can not create folder "\\\servername.domain.name\documents$\ivan\Documents\My Videos"".
Error details: "Access is denied.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Folder Redirection" Guid="{7D7B0C39-93F6-4100-BD96-4DDA859652C5}" />
    <EventID>502</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>0</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>
    <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-02-01T16:40:11.486983400Z" />
    <EventRecordID>2754</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation ActivityID="{3211E6FB-2801-456D-BE6E-66AAE150A4DC}" />
    <Execution ProcessID="968" ThreadID="5856" />
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>computer.domain.name</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-3705223304-2632712944-1292073641-26755" />
</System>
<EventData Name="EVENT_FDEPLOY_FailedToApplyPolicy">
    <Data Name="FromFolder">Videos</Data>
    <Data Name="ToFolder">\\servername.domain.name\documents$\ivan\Documents\My Videos</Data>
    <Data Name="Options">0x1001</Data>
    <Data Name="Error">Can not create folder "\\servername.domain.name\documents$\ivan\Documents\My Videos"</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorDetails">Access is denied.
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Something like this I see in the Application Eventviewer:
Environment:
Windows 7 Enterprise client with patches until 1-Nov-2010
Windows Server 2008 R2 for the Documents$ share
Windows Server 2003 R2 as the domain controller
I have tried all different option even to rebuild the CSC database but this also was not helping. I hope we are not dealing with a bug.
Any help is much appreciated.
Best regards, Ivan Versluis http://www.networknet.nl

Ivan and SteveDIG - Thanks for taking the time to post detailed information about what you have found. I have found the same things over the past few months and have been working with Microsoft to resolve this. Like Ivan, I have been told by
MS that this is a design problem in Windows 7, but they did admit it is a bug and did not charge me for the case. That was the good news. The bad news was that the problem is so 'deep' in Windows 7 that it will not be fixed until Windows 8 and
the CSC engineering team in Redmond has rejected several requests to fix this issue in Windows 7 from several customers. I personally feel we should have hauled our TAM in over this, but that wasn't my call so we haven't attempted to get an attitude
change from MS.
<RANT> I find this completely outrageous. Windows is supposed to be a multi-user operating system suitable for deployment to mobile workforces spread around the world and often using slow VPN links. Offline folders, folder redirection,
slow link detection, etc. are all great on paper and as I did the design work for the W7 solution I've just built I sold these advantages heavily. I now have serious egg on my face and am not happy. Like others here I missed this in testing as
multiple users are a fringe for us, but still important, I unfortunately didn't think to specifically test for multiple users, though I tested the features thoroughly and was happy with the results when used on single user machines.</RANT>
As identified above, this issue manifests when more than one user uses a machine and their Offline folders (all redirected folders are configured this way by default) are in an offline state when the first user logs off. The second user cannot access
this 'offline' share so folder redirection fails. We get burnt as we have latency=0 configured for slow link detection with Offline folders so users always work offline. This is partly because of WAN optimisers in the network that lie to Windows
so the online/offline transition doesn't work on slow links (not MS's fault), and partly because it made sense for other reasons.
The workaround Microsoft and I came up with for our environment was to use individual file shares for each user. We had been using a common file share with each user folder under that file share. Changing to an individual share for each users
means the share is not locked by the previous user.
Examples
This would cause a problem if John then Emma logged on to the same machine. Folder redirection would fail for Emma:
\\FileServer1\Users$\john
\\FileServer1\Users$\emma
So would this if DFS was used
\\my.domain\users\john           (points to \\FileServer1\Users$\John)
\\my.domain\users\emma          (points to \\FileServer1\Users$\Emma)
This would fix the problem:
\\FileServer1\John$
\\FileServer1\Emma$
Unfortunately we then figured we could move these shares behind DFS like so:
\\my.domain\homes\john             (points to \\FileServer1\John$)
\\my.domain\homes\emma         (points to \\FileServer1\emma$)
This was wrong. The problem returned. I assume the share that is being locked is now the DFS root and not the user share.
The operations team here is very reluctant to go with direct access to the file servers and not use DFS as that will create issues for them in the future when they need to make file server changes. I sympathise with them but can't see an alternative
at the moment as we are deploying W7 and can't stop. If I'd picked this up earlier a third party product might have been the solution (MS actually suggested this when I opened my case).
I hope the information about individual shares above is helpful to someone. Otherwise I don't really have more to add but I needed the rant :-)
<RANT>BTW. Has anyone tested changing a user’s home directory path once it is cached? Try it. Test a scenario where you move the user from one file server to another. You will not enjoy the results. I'll say no more
than this as it is off topic, but it shows the lack of investment in the CSC feature in Windows. Very disappointing</RANT>

Folder Redirection 502 Access Denied but redirecting to wrong place

Hi,
I have come across a very unusual problem. Folder redirection was implemented a few months ago where a number of folders were redirected with the following settings:
Redirect everyones folder to the same location
Create a folder for each user under the root path
\\server\homefolders
It has worked flawlessly but in recent weeks when we create new users, some of them experience this problem. Folder redirection fails consistently for that user with 502 Access denied. That isn't the unusual bit. This is the unusual bit
- The message is:
Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Documents" to "\\fileserver\homefolders\joe.bloggs\Documents".
Redirection options=0x1001.
The following error occurred: "Failed to build the list of regular subdirectories under "\\fileserver\homefolders\Jane.Doe\Documents".".
Error details: "Access is denied.
Yes for some reason it knows where it should be redirecting to, but then attempts to redirect to someone elses home folder location. I've substituted the server name and user names for security but the name equivalent to Jane.Doe is consistent in every
error.
This only occurs on our RDS 2012 R2 farm, which has 3 session hosts and doesn't happen on any other system. We use roaming profiles. I have logged the user off and deleted the local and network profiles but get the same result. I've
rebuilt the GPO that handles folder redirection, but again, same result. I've checked and double checked Folder Redirection settings and nothing points to a this specific Jane.Doe user.
Anyone come across this before?

Hi,
I have come across a very unusual problem. Folder redirection was implemented a few months ago where a number of folders were redirected with the following settings:
Redirect everyones folder to the same location
Create a folder for each user under the root path
\\server\homefolders
It has worked flawlessly but in recent weeks when we create new users, some of them experience this problem. Folder redirection fails consistently for that user with 502 Access denied. That isn't the unusual bit. This is the unusual bit
- The message is:
Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Documents" to "\\fileserver\homefolders\joe.bloggs\Documents".
Redirection options=0x1001.
The following error occurred: "Failed to build the list of regular subdirectories under "\\fileserver\homefolders\Jane.Doe\Documents".".
Error details: "Access is denied.
Yes for some reason it knows where it should be redirecting to, but then attempts to redirect to someone elses home folder location. I've substituted the server name and user names for security but the name equivalent to Jane.Doe is consistent in every
error.
This only occurs on our RDS 2012 R2 farm, which has 3 session hosts and doesn't happen on any other system. We use roaming profiles. I have logged the user off and deleted the local and network profiles but get the same result. I've
rebuilt the GPO that handles folder redirection, but again, same result. I've checked and double checked Folder Redirection settings and nothing points to a this specific Jane.Doe user.
Anyone come across this before?

Windows 8 - Folder Redirection policy missing from GP Results.

Hi guys! This has been giving me a hard time the last day or so. I've got some Win8 machines in our 2003 domain. I've got some GPO's applying with WMI filtering for win8 machines. Mostly these are ok, but i'm having a huge problem with Desktop Folder
Redirection.
After a fresh build and first login, everything works fine. Drive mappings are all there and the Desktop is redirected to to users home drive on the file server. This is being done with Advanced settings using group membership and set to "Create a folder
for each user under the root path" \\dfs1\users. This location is correct and permissions are fine of course as everything works for a while.
After a little while or some unknown event, this redirection stops working.
check these two screengrabs. These are different users on different machines. The machines are identical, are in the same OU and have the same image. The users are different but have the same group memberships and are in the same OU.
This is a working machine. Not the Folder Redirection component was processed and the Policy exists.
This machine is not working. Folder Redirection is processed, but the Policy is missing. Running a gpresult /v on this machine yields:
Folder Redirection
N/A
It was working fine yesterday and this morning. Now at some point a policy refresh stopped it from working. Just trying to figure out what! These are the exact settings currently in place for our win 7 machines which all work just fine. Going a bit crazy
tbh and usually when i post questions i figure it out shortly afterwards anyway huhu. Any help is appreciated!
h

well I though this issue was gone when I switched to a new Task Sequence in SCCM every machine that was built with that was working fine with Folder Redirection happening as it's meant to be. That was for about a week, now it's back to not working.
here's a snippet of the gpsvc.log file pertaining to FD.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ProcessGPOs(User): Processing extension Folder Redirection
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ReadStatus: Read Extension's Previous status successfully.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CompareGPOLists: The lists are the same.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CompareGPOLists: The lists are the same.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 GPLockPolicySection: Sid = S-1-5-21-2272506071-1675830810-3538462175-3230, dwTimeout = 30000, dwFlags = 0x0
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CGPApplicationService::LockPolicySection.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 WaitForServiceInitialization: Beginning WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 WaitForServiceInitialization: Completed WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CPolicyCriticalSectionCollection: LockPolicySection called for user <S-1-5-21-2272506071-1675830810-3538462175-3230>
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 SID = S-1-5-21-2272506071-1675830810-3538462175-3230
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 bMachine = 0
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 Global Sync Lock Called
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 Writer Lock got immediately.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 Global Lock taken successfully
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ProcessGPOList: Entering for extension Folder Redirection
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 UserPolicyCallback: Setting status UI to Applying Folder Redirection policy...
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ProcessGPOList: No changes. CSE will not be passed in the IwbemServices intf ptr
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 CGroupPolicySession::QueueItemForPolicyApplication::-- (Status: 997)
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 CGPApplicationService::UserLogonEvent::-- (Status: 997)
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ProcessGPOList: Extension Folder Redirection returned 0x0.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 ProcessGPOList: Extension Folder Redirection status was not updated because there was no changes and no transition or rsop wasn't enabled
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CGPApplicationService::UnLockPolicySection.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 WaitForServiceInitialization: Beginning WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 WaitForServiceInitialization: Completed WaitForSingleObject.
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 Setting GPsession state = 1
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 User SID = <S-1-5-21-2272506071-1675830810-3538462175-3230>
GPSVC(43c.11f4) 08:59:47:231 CPolicyCriticalSectionCollection: UnLocked successfully
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 CGroupPolicySession::QueueItemForPolicyApplication::++ (bTriggered: 0, bConsole: 1)
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 PolicyApplicationState is True.
GPSVC(43c.5d0) 08:59:47:231 AsyncThreadsProcessing is False.

Folder Redirection - Create temp folder if folder not available

Hello,
I don't know if this is even possible, but I'm asking it anyway.
I'm setting up a group policy for folder redirection for our users in our department. However, due to the Patient Healthcare Information (PHI) and HIPAA law, I don't want to make these folders available offline. If the laptop is in the network, they can
work on it without any problems, and all the files and folders are available to them no matter which workstation they log in to. But, as soon as I remove the workstation from the network all hell breaks loose. I'm only redirecting Desktop and Documents. Is
there a way to create the folder redirection without offline availability and yet have the workstation create it's own desktop if the folder is not available?
Thanks

> No folders are available
> outside the network and offline in the take home laptops.
Short solution: Then do not redirect them.
On the other hand: Seems your legal department lacks some knowledge
about user data location in windows. Especially "local copies of roaming
user profiles"...
Martin
Mal ein
GUTES Buch über GPOs lesen?
NO THEY ARE NOT EVIL, if you know what you are doing:
Good or bad GPOs?
And if IT bothers me - coke bottle design refreshment :))

ICloud can't sign in on Domain desktop with Folder Redirection

I've been struggling with this issue since the day that the version of iCloud came out for Windows; I just upgraded to iCloud 4.0 and no improvement.
I am trying to use iCloud on my Windows 7 Professional 64bit domain joined desktop. Unfortunately the control panel login screen pinwheel keeps spinning and never succeeds. Months of researching on the Internet suggests that the cause is the GPO settings for folder redirection (see below), specifically Application Data (see below); i have confirmed it. I have tried a new account on the same computer that does not have this policy applied and was successful logging in.
Does anyone know of a workaround for this? I can't seem to get Apple's attention.

I am having a simlar problem with my iphone6. It refuses to recognise skype name or password. I can log in fine on my desktop but not on my phone. I have tired several password changes and still it will not work on my iphone6. Any ideas?

Windows 8 Folder Redirection/offline files not working

I am trying to deploy 4 brand new HP Laptops running windows 8 Professional into a windows 2008 domain however folder redirection is not working
These users have folder redirection enabled via group policy and this works fine under their old laptops in windows 7
For windows 8 I see an error in the event log :
Error 7023 - The offline files service terminated with the following error : the system cannot find the path specified
I also get this error if I manually try to start the offline files service.
This is happening on all 4 brand new laptops. All latest available updates installed.

I am trying to deploy 4 brand new HP Laptops running windows 8 Professional into a windows 2008 domain however folder redirection is not working
These users have folder redirection enabled via group policy and this works fine under their old laptops in windows 7
For windows 8 I see an error in the event log :
Error 7023 - The offline files service terminated with the following error : the system cannot find the path specified
I also get this error if I manually try to start the offline files service.
This is happening on all 4 brand new laptops. All latest available updates
installed.
The error as you have already observed is a critical error blocking the service from running. So that must be about the computer software configuration.
You claim brand new, latest updates etc. - however to use i.e. folder redirection, gpo's etc. you're modifying the software configuraton. I.e. not quite brand new or unchanged (except for those may be important changes, guess those machines are indeed brand
new or just bought ... however still in change as any other software managed machines)
For some reason could be corruption of system configuration, but how? Unlike coincidence of 3 of 4 computers failing to start that services? I.e. have you done any changes to offline files etc, scripts or some stuff with gpo's.
Try exploring the Windows log and take a look at the detail for the error events.
Use process monitor from Microsoft to trace what happens when you try to start the Windows service ...
Just tips for determining the bug ...
Out-of-the-box this should not happen ... for folder redirection and offline files ... it's actually the Windows client going to get those files ... so take a look at the client and try to trace the bug.
My best guess is something is changed on the client - and your customized system or software is doing it. Or something wrong with the configuration. I.e. if you have relocated the CSC cache ...
In my experience the best way to debug this problem is to use Process Monitor ... and i.e. come up with a fix based on the observations i.e. if you have relocated the csc cache to some place where it is actually not available or incorrectly configured
(i.e. take a look at the Result column and looked for failed operations in context with CSC cache operations)
If you don't know how to do this - don't relocate the CSC cache ... (i.e. if you did this to conserve space on i.e. your SDD's with i.e. smaller capacity than legacy-HD). The real problem is the Folder Redirection Client on the Window Client going to
pin the entire folder hierarchy of the users workspace, i.e. documents. Either move files out of that area or use group policy to disable pining entire user "storage area". Microsoft should make the Folder Redirection Client more flexiable, i.e. add option
to exclude part of folder hierarchy. But you can do this by using gpo to disable folder redirection auto-cache of all files - and then instead have users explicitly pin their mobile folders. However for some folders like favorites, desktop and so on you can
actually use batch and wmic to set pin of some folders containing usually less data using a startup script and gpo. That Works ... and simulates i.e. excluding the stored data in user libraries like documents, videos, music ...
... anyway added this based on a "suspension" on what you are really trying to obtain ... but the solution is not to move the CSC cache to aqquire more space, i.e. a user can put 1 TB in their videos ... the solution is to program the Folder Redirection
Client differently ... untill Microsoft add that functionality.

Folder Redirection not applying.

We have folder redirection functional for specific sets of users, and it works normally, so it can be done! Don't lose hope. :)
Did you check your event logs? Did you do a gpresult to see if the policy is applying?

I am having a problem setting up folder redirection on Windows Server 2012 R2. I have applied the folder redirection policy in the default GPO, nothing. I created a new GPO applying it to "authenticated users", still not working. I tried to index it and everything. I even tried to set the drive perms, share perms, and folder permissions to everyone and it's still not working. I got the desktop folder redirection policy set and it works, but I cannot do the same for documents. Please help!
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Is it possible to manually setup a Folder Redirection Policy on SBS 2008 for one user? Also are you able to set up folder redirection on a different server than you have SBS 2008 on?

I have a SBS 2008 DC I would like to be able to change the Folder Redirection to a different server. I also would like to be able to test with one user. I read on the forums that it is best to use the wizards for SBS2008. The only problem
I have with using the wizards is that I am unable to test and I am also unable to use a network share for my redirection location.

Hi,
I am sure you would get some help from :
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2010/10/08/folder-redirection-in-small-business-server-2008.aspx
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/448583ca-471e-4a0c-9d26-aa9181e73962/folder-redirection-changing-location?forum=smallbusinessserver
User setting can be found:
Windows SBS Console > Shared Folders and Web Sites > Shared Folders - in Tasks panel click on Redirect folders for user accounts to the server.
Under Folder Names Select folder(s) you want to redirect (e.g. Documents).
Under User Accounts select accounts you want to have folders redirected.
Click OK
Binu Kumar - MCP, MCITP, MCTS , MBA - IT , Director Aarbin Technology Pvt Ltd - Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 folder redirection not working

Hi,
I've got a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment and I'm trying to get folder redirection working on Windows 7 clients. I've configured the group policy on the DC and it's suppose to redirect the user desktop to a folder sitting on another server.
What I've discovered is that any files in that folder aren't being copied down and they aren't visible to the user. I can connect to the folder via its UNC path and when I run a gpresult the GPO is showing that it's applying.
Am I missing something? Shouldn't the files be copied down since I've redirected the desktop? Here are the settings I've used:
Share Permissions
Local Administrators: Owner
Domain Admins: Read/write
Everyone: Read
NTFS
Local Administrators: Full Control on This Folder, subfolders and files.
SYSTEM: Same as above.
Domain admin: Same as above.
Everyone: Traverse folder, execute file, list folder, read data, read attributes and read extended attributes to This Folder only.
GPO Settings:
Under User Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Folder Redirection -> Desktop
Setting is Basic - Redirect everyone's folder to the same location.
Target folder location - Redirect to the following location
Root path: FQDN\Shared folder name
GPO is linked to the OU I want to test with and there is a user account in it.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.

A.
Share Permissions
Local Administrators: Owner
Domain Admins: Read/write
Everyone: Read
Perhaps here is too strong limit.
B. Try to use audit.
Rgds
Milos

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