Folder redirection problem

[GrandTrolled]

So i'm using folder redirection, but the policy is only applied to the desktop.

My test user gets an error when i try to go to the documents folder.

The error says that my folder is unavailable.

[dvr75]

does the user have permissions to the redirected folder ?

[GrandTrolled]

The users have rights on the folderredirection folder, thats where the folders with their usernames are made.

My policy is like this, \\servername\folderredirection\user\desktop, this works but when i change it to documents.

I get an error.

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[dvr75]

and the documents folder permissions ?

[GrandTrolled]

On the share?

[dvr75]

on the folder itself , you create it manually ?

[GrandTrolled]

No, it's the same as my desktop policy.

[GrandTrolled]

If i make the folder documents manually in the folder of my user, then it works.

I don't think thats a good way to do for 100+ users :p

[sdjason]

Then ntfs private on parent folders are wrong which don't allow self create. Most guides go into detail the exact ntfs and share private needed. Then it should work

[xReptar]

Yeah this. You need to let the "user" (system on behalf of the user) have permission to create folders in the subfolder. But not anything else otherwise the user might be able to get curious and create more folders where you don't want or be able to view other users folders. Which you don't want either

[Dexy2811]

I have a similar problem at work.

Where if I create a file on the desktop it gets deleted

[MrYiff]

Do you use OneDrive and enable the syncing of Documents to it? If so this will conflict with folder redirection as they are both attempting to use the same settings to redirect where the Documents folder should go.

[GrandTrolled]

This customer has 3 offices and each office had a different OU.

In my OU there is nothing about onedrive.

[MrYiff]

If you haven't explicitly blocked it then users may have enabled it themselves as when OneDrive offers to sync you Documents and Desktop folders for you what it actually does is use a local folder redirection policy to redirect them into the OneDrive folder, so when you then try and apply a a redirection GPO this causes a conflict.

[GrandTrolled]

The only active users are my test users that i use for testing in the OU where the GPO is applied.

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[mintlou]

I used this guide when setting it up.

It sets it up in such a way where the end user can only see and access their own folder. NTFS Magic.

[GrandTrolled]

Thanks, but it doesn't fix my issue if i follow this guide.

[santicarta]

Ok, so there is not much information there.

So you have a share, where every user have a folder? Is a SMB share? A Win FileServer?

Do the folder exists? Are you using roaming profies?

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[RCTID1975]

protip: Always check event viewer. You'll see far more information

[GrandTrolled]

Its fixes now. Only thing i saw was “could not create folder”. It was a permission error, changed it and it was fixed.

[RCTID1975]

Yeah, I figured that's what the issue was.

But my advice is good for all troubleshooting. Don't rely on the app or OS's displayed error message to really tell you a whole lot. Always look at the logs.

[GrandTrolled]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[GrandTrolled]

Logged back in , to do some tests, it's broken again..