

However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Resolution Hotfix informationĪ supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. This issue occurs because the path of the redirection policy that you changed is not updated in the registry. When the paths point to the same network share, and you do not enable the policy setting, data that is contained in the redirected folders is deleted. Note When the paths point to different network shares, you do not have to configure the " Verify old and new…" policy setting. HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell FoldersHKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell FoldersĪdditionally, the following event that reports that you redirected the folder to the network share is logged in the Event Viewer: Additionally, one of the following registry locations (depending on whether FR was configured for User or Computer policy) is not updated: However, the Documents folder is not redirected to the new path that points to the network share. In this scenario, the event log indicates that the folder redirection policy was applied successfully. You restart the computer to apply the Group Policy. For example, you change \\machine-alias1\Docs to \\machine-alias2\Docs, and both paths point to " \\machine\Docs." You change the path of the target folder in the folder redirection policy to a new path that points to the same network share. You configure the following Group Policy setting on the computer:Ĭomputer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Explorer\Verify old and new folder redirection targets point to the same share before redirecting To do this, you deploy a Group Policy Object on a computer that is running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. You successfully redirect the Documents folder of a user to a network share.

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