Redirecting 'My Documents' to a network share using GPO

[bodminman]

Hi there,

 

I'm trying to sort out redirection of the 'My Documents' folder in XP to a network share using the UNC path.

 

Firstly, the only option available for 'My Documents' with regards to folder redirection in a GPO is the 'Documents' folder. I have tried pointing this to the share and selection the option that is supposed to get this to work on XP etc but basically it isn't working!

 

I have tried several sites for help but can find anything.

 

The server is Win Svr 2008 Standard 64bit and all the clients are XP Pro Sp3 with all the updates applied.

 

Anyone got any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[bodminman]

Sorry to bump this but I'm under pressure to get this resolved.

[qcomer]

What do the error logs say on the client?

 

Do you have Client Side Extensions installed on your xp clients?

[bodminman]

The users home directory is mapped to the same location and works find. However the folder redirection generates this error on the client machine:

 

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Folder Redirection

Event Category: None

Event ID: 101

Date: 11/09/2011

Time: 12:34:10

User: STMARYS\teacher

Computer: TEST-PC

Description:

Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents. The new directories for the redirected folder could not be created. The folder is configured to be redirected to <\\stmarys-01\Teachers$>, the final expanded path was <\\stmarys-01\Teachers$>. The following error occurred:

This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object.

 

For more information, see Help and Support Center at Events and Errors Message Center: Basic Search.

[bodminman]

There is also an MS article relating to this of which I have followed without success.

[irsprint84]

does 'creator owner' have permissions?

[bodminman]

does 'creator owner' have permissions?

 

Yep, full control.