Roaming profiles and .V2 "Extra Folders" Issue

Greetings,

I am wondering if anybody has any solutions of fixes to the current Windows 7 problem I have.

We are currently on a 2003 domain running both XP and Windows 7 environments. The student accounts currently have roaming profiles.

As we are on both XP and Win 7, two sets of profiles get created the standard one and a .V2

The issue is the extra "documents, music, contacts, Downloads" and other folders that get generated in the .V2 profile. Ideally I would like the .V2 to look identical to the standard XP profile, as I can see students putting work in the Documents folder, rather than My Documents.

I have tried the work arounds in Win7 Gotcha's/Tips thread, but nothing seems to help.

Any Ideas?

I don't get these in mine. What permissions do you have set on the profile folder? I use redirected AppData also, how is yours set?

Assuming all those folders are already redirected, simply delete the extra folders from the profile (via script or GPP). I do this at user login so they never get a chance to put anything in there, and as long as your folder redirection stays working they should never be recreated.

The Profiles for XP "Everything" full control, and the .V2 is only showing up as Special Permissions. I have not redirect AppData, is this something you suggest doing?

Making some progress, just deleted to non-needed folders from the .V2 profile before logging on. Will knock up a logon script for this, thanks for the help guys!

You need to 2008 R2 dc for it to work correctly.

Without these you don't get the correct gpo's for redirecting all the correct folders.

We are a little bit tied to 2003 for the time being, due to Exchange restrictions. But I will have a good play with 2008 R2 Dc when I get there.

No you don't, just need Windows Vista/7 with RSAT installed

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Originally Posted by DrCheese

No you don't, just need Windows Vista/7 with RSAT installed

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thats the first i have heard of that. As far as I knew you had to have a 2008 R2 to properly manage a Windows 7 client on the network even if you still use a 2003 dc.

What part of exchange is tying you to a 2k3 domain?

Or you can use reg hacks to remove the libraries section from the pc's.

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Originally Posted by glennda

thats the first i have heard of that. As far as I knew you had to have a 2008 R2 to properly manage a Windows 7 client on the network even if you still use a 2003 dc.

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He is correct, w7 gpo is fine on 2003 dc's.

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Originally Posted by ZeroHour

He is correct, w7 gpo is fine on 2003 dc's.

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I thought it was most gpos are there but not all?

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Originally Posted by ironmaidenrule

The Profiles for XP "Everything" full control, and the .V2 is only showing up as Special Permissions. I have not redirect AppData, is this something you suggest doing?

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I have only allowed Everyone Read permissions, shouldn't need to write it. I won't make a recommendation on Adddata redirection, as I believe there are many positives and negatives to it. Main thing is, Adobe Reader goes mental, but we don't use that here.