redirecting Favorites folder through custom .adm

[ralphhogaboom]

Hey folks,

I'm having trouble redirecting the Favorites folder through Group Policy. I have a Windows 2003 native domain, with Windows 2000 SP4 and WinXP SP1 clients. I currently redirect My Documents and Desktop to \\servername\homes\%username%, and have found a favredir.adm online and tried it out.

The .adm shows up in the GPMC.msc, but the changes don't take effect. How do you troubleshoot an .adm? Can anyone see any problems with the .adm as it is below?

Thanks,
Ralph

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CLASS USER

CATEGORY "Folder Redirection"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policie s\Explorer\User Shell Folders"
POLICY "Redirect the Favorites User Shell Folder"
EXPLAIN "When Enabled this Policy Redirects the 'favorites' folder tot he users home drive"

PART "Favorites User Shell Folder Path" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "\\adm01\%username%\Favorites"
VALUENAME "Favorites"
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY


CLASS USER

CATEGORY "Folder Redirection"
KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policie s\Explorer\Shell Folders"

POLICY "Redirect the Favorites Shell Folder"
EXPLAIN "When Enabled this Policy Redirects the 'favorites' folder tot he users home drive"

PART "Favorites Shell Folder Path" EDITTEXT REQUIRED EXPANDABLETEXT
DEFAULT "\\adm01\%username%\Favorites"
VALUENAME "Favorites"
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY; "Folder redirection"

If you run the Windows 2000 version of "GPresult /v"
on the client.. it will tell you if it's punching the registry in the right places.

If not, maybe you aren't downloading the policy at all.

[jcothern]

I tested this same script as I have to do it as well. I found that when \policies\ isnt put in the keyname that it does work. But I like others I am sure would rather not "tatoo" with a template.


One thing I notice when I look at the registry is that the values it creates are both REG_expand_SZ. Now under the actual Keys for Shell Folder its REG_SZ and User Shell Folder is REG_Expand_SZ. Could this be the issue. And if so how can you thru the ADM set the value to a REG_SZ value.