My Documents redirection

[Ox]

Hi,

I recently redirected the "My Documents" icon on my desktop to my
network drive (on a win2k server). When I later went to work on a
document in "My Documents" now pointing to the server, I found nothing
there.

This occurred on a user's pc as well after redirecting his "My
Documents" folder but at the time I dismissed it as a user error and
simply restored the files.

Is this a known issue or have I got a bigger problem? A quick google
search turned up nothing.

Cheers.

Ox

[Mark Dormer]

Are the documents still on your local drive in the usual place ?

Regards
Mark Dormer

Post by Ox
Hi,
I recently redirected the "My Documents" icon on my desktop to my
network drive (on a win2k server). When I later went to work on a
document in "My Documents" now pointing to the server, I found nothing
there.
This occurred on a user's pc as well after redirecting his "My
Documents" folder but at the time I dismissed it as a user error and
simply restored the files.
Is this a known issue or have I got a bigger problem? A quick google
search turned up nothing.
Cheers.
Ox

[Ox]

Post by Mark Dormer
Are the documents still on your local drive in the usual place ?

I searched but found nothing at all.

Ox

[Mark Dormer]

Did you do the Folder Redirection via Group Policy or by using the
properties of My Documents?

Regards
Mark Dormer

Post by Ox

Post by Mark Dormer
Are the documents still on your local drive in the usual place ?

I searched but found nothing at all.
Ox

[Ox]

Post by Mark Dormer
Did you do the Folder Redirection via Group Policy or by using the
properties of My Documents?

[snip]

I did it using the properties of My Documents. One other thing that I
recall, but I dont think it made a difference, is that when checking
the user's Active Directory account, I found that his home drive path
was incorrect. Someone had mis-spelled his name. I fixed that and it
was later that I found his files missing. I am not sure but I think I
did this before making changes to the My Documents properties.

In the case of my computer, I didnt touch my AD account. I did
activate user profiles, but this would only make changes to the local
\windows directory.

Ox

[PCR]

That is how it works, acc. to the lit at "R-Clk My Documents,
Properties".
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| Hi,
|
| I recently redirected the "My Documents" icon on my desktop to my
| network drive (on a win2k server). When I later went to work on a
| document in "My Documents" now pointing to the server, I found nothing
| there.
|
| This occurred on a user's pc as well after redirecting his "My
| Documents" folder but at the time I dismissed it as a user error and
| simply restored the files.
|
| Is this a known issue or have I got a bigger problem? A quick google
| search turned up nothing.
|
| Cheers.
|
| Ox