Desktop redirection - deleted from GPO but still working !!

[PreviousPoster]

Hi,

I need some help. I am using sbs 2003 and previously had a group policy setup to redirect desktops for users. Now I decided that I want to disable the desktop redirection and use a logon script instead.

I deleted the refrences in the group policy to redirected desktop (I have redirected MY Documents which I am keeping) but when I log on as one of the users it still shows the old desktop (\\server\profiles\desktop\office group).

I can't understand where it is getting this info from as I have changed the GPO. I've used GPUPDATE /FORCE, rebooted, tried GPRESULT which shows the group policy was applied and used RSOP.MSC which doesn't show the desktop redirection but the desktop is still being redirected becase if I add a file to the shared desktop on the server it shows instantly on the user PC.

Can anyone help with this, I think the PC has cached desktop somewhere but I have tried c:\documentrs/settings/username/desktop and the all users folder but they are empty. I have rebooted several times.

Any help would be much appreciated, i'm nearly out of ideas...

[PreviousPoster]

I've sorted it now, this was the answer taken from another post:

Odd that nobody answered you, so I hope you've already resolved this. But if not, here goes.

Turning off folder redirection will not restore your files to default (as you already know.) There are two ways that a default will be restored.

First, if you want to set it so user's directories revert to default if they are moved within the organization, you must set that setting on the GPO. On the folder redirection policy, on the setting tab, there is a radio button with two options. The option you want is:

"Redirect the folder back to the local..." blah blah blah. You get the gist of how this works by reading it. If the user is moved to an OU that doesn't apply the GPO, or if the GPO is deleted, then their folders revert.

If, however, you simply "turn off" folder redirection, but don't delete the GPO, nor is the user moved, then the settings that once turned on folder redirection still apply. Which is what sounds like happened to you. In that case, you actually don't want to turn off folder redirection at all. What you want to do is CHANGE folder redirection. Here is how to do so:

In your GPO, for each folder you want to revert to default, open properties and view the "target" tab.

Find the "target folder location" dropdown.

Choose "Redirect to the local userprofile location"

And bam. the new folder redirection is applied and redirects the folder back to original location.

Hope this helps.