Hi,
I'm trying to redirect the appdata folder for users due to a performance impact on network file shares. Currently we have AppData redirected to:
\\filerserver\Redirect$\%username%\
I've modified the GPO User config\Policies\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection\App Data Roaming. I have the following configured:
Target
Basic - Redirect everyone's folder to the same location
Target folder location - redirect to the local userprofile location
Settings
Grant user exclusive rights to AppData(Roaming)
Move the contents of AppData to the new location
Policy Removal
Redirect the folder back to the local profile when policy is removed
The issue I have is that my GPO redirect settings do not work for end uers straight away, I have to delete the local user profile first using the computer properties
remove profile GUI tool.Once I do that, login with my test user and then browse %AppData% the folder redirection has worked.
1.Why is this and does anyone know how to get around the need to delete the user profile?
2. Not all of the AppData folders are copied from the roaming location on \\fileserver to the local profile (c:\users\), which causes a loss of settings (i.e. Outlook config and printers). I'm not using roaming profiles and I don't know how the GPO would even know where to copy the user's roaming data from.
Thanks in advance