Is it possible to redirect Windows 10 Documents folder on a local profile?

[talksr]

Hi,

 

 

I have a new server 2016 and I am trying to redirect Windows 10 Documents, Music, Pictures, etc folders to the user home drive.

I am using local profiles and finding that the redirect is just not working.

 

I have been to User Config>Windows Settings>Folder Redirection and Documents as example in Group Policy, where I have selected:

 

Basic - Redirect everyone's folder to the same location.

I have then selected

Create a folder for each user under the root path

Path: \\server\homefolders$

 

I have also tried

Redirect to the user's home directory

 

Nothing seems to be working.

 

When I log into the testing station, I can see that documents is just pointing to the local profile.

 

Pictures, Videos, Music and are redirecting perfectly using the "Follow Home Folder" option. This option is not listed for Documents and Downloads and these are the two I am having issues with.

 

Here you can see all of the folder locations with just Documents and Downloads not behaving.

 

 

Any help would be great

Edited May 30, 2018 by talksr

[DCUK6]

Writing this at 10.30pm whilst watching BGT.

 

Assuming the user has full permissions to their folder

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/274443/how-to-dynamically-create-security-enhanced-redirected-folders-by-usin

 

Then using the redirect all users to the following location,

\\fqdn of server\home directory folder\%username%

 

I don’t set profile paths for staff and this has worked for me.

Home folder is set in AD.

 

Ensure to untick the option in the redirection for exclusive access.

I would also add \documents after %username% otherwise all your user folder can show as named documents even though they aren’t.

Edited June 3, 2018 by DCUK6