Portable Home Directories - Default save location

We are using portable home directories, that is multiple users in Open Directory that have their home set to afp:\\server\Users\ and are configured with mobile accounts and home sync.
The default save location is always the afp:\\server\Users\username location (Desktop or Documents, or whatever is needed depending on the app). The problem is the user saves to the Desktop, but it's not really their local desktop, the file doesn't show up until the next home sync. How can we change the default save location without breaking their home sync?

Hi,
Do you mean you want to change the default location when you click Save and then
Browse? If so, we can do this via group policy.
First, you need to install Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX/ADML). See:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18968
Follow this article to add the ADMX files:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179081(v=office.14).aspx#Load_O14_templates
After that, open your Group Policy Object Editor and navigate to: (Word for example)
User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Word 2010\Word Options\Advanced\File Locations, double click on
Default File Location, select Enable and defines the default path to save documents under "Options" section.
Restart Word to check the result.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Steve Fan
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