Ive written about one of these previously and we have covered several more alternatives. Like an external hd if you normally save to one not being connected, being full or many other reasons. I found it cumbersume, since some applications i need to use just dont work with a networked appdata. Moving download folder, redirecting 100s of torrents in. Manual folder redirection with symbolic links helge klein. As far as i know, the roaming profile only moves the appdata roaming folder to the file server. Best practice for defining user homedrive homepath. Typically appdata is redirected to one folder per user, and the same folder is used from multiple sessions concurrently. I am not a fan of redirecting appdata, but depends on the. I have created a new share on a new server for folder redirection.
This article is part of helges profile toolkit, a set of posts explaining the knowledge and tools required to tame windows user profiles. Appv 5 sp2 redirected folder permissions posted on april 23, 2014 by nialljen i have been neglecting my blog recently due to the fact that in the last 3 months i have gotten married, renewed my citrix certifications and joined a humungous project, the blogging had to take a back seat to the rest of my life for a while. For example the contact folder may be redirected but no others. The appdata folder was introduced on windows vista, and is still in use on windows 10, 8, and 7 today. The following guide will show you how to configure a few policies using group policy objects gpo to. We have roaming profiles setup with the home profile path and the users profiles reside on a dfs share. Vdi roaming profilesfolder redirection of appdata local some of the applications that we use in the company store their configuration settings to the appdata local folder. This makes windows log on and log off a little faster.
That means each time we recompose the pool or refresh the vdis, user has to configure his application again. Vdi roaming profilesfolder redirection of appdatalocal. Both public and private websites featured in this working list. Appdata roaming folder redirection solutions experts. One thing i struggling with is folder redirection, i managed to redirect the documents in the ts session to the users personal folder on the user data share on the domain controller server. Issue with setting file location for ost file within gpo we are in the process of moving all the users over to office 365.
Because the user profile can contain sensitive information, you should redirect the folder to a secured area that only the profile owner can access, such as the users home folder. Porn torrents in appdata\roaming\bittorrent folder. I have filled up the os drive to near capacity and need to move the 100s of torrents that i have. By redirecting appdata, we can expect logons to happen much faster because this folder can become quite large. During citrix synergy 2012 in san francisco it was argued numerous times by shawn bass that redirecting favorites to the home folder is a very bad idea. Each user account has its own appdata folder with its own contents. The server they were redirected to no longer exists. Appdata \local\microsoft\windows sidebar when you included just appdata \local in the inclusion list to sync, since the same folder is specified in exclusion list as well, the most restrictive policy is applied and hence appdata. That means if you run application x in session 1 and it stores a file in appdata, that file will immediately be visible to. About the only time you should be adjusting these variables by hand is if you have a specific use case that requires it, such as a legacy application that is unaware of the proper data storage location.
On the select profile page, select smb share quick. Various citrix and profile and folder redirection bits and. If we dont have to copy these file down, then we effectively speed up logons. Basically all of their desktop and documents are being kept in the offline files cache. Appdata folder redirection with roaming profiles solutions. You could redirect my documents to their home folder and direct everything else to a share they cant see. The issue is that redirecting it back to the local profile might not solve the issue. In part 3 of this series, ill discuss the folder permissions we set on the file server along with justifications for those settings and alternatives. Folder redirection for unusual paths group policy the. Specifying a target share now that the user files folders have been covered, its time to get fancy and start discussing folder redirection. Step by step how to configure folder redirection in.
For example, when redirecting the roaming appdata folder, % appdata % will automatically point to the networked location. In short, folder redirection is a feature which redirects the locally stored user files folders to a network share. Shawn mentioned that internet explorer causes an extensive number of calls on your file server when browsing so i wanted to dig a little bit deeper into this topic. The way to truly find out if it is syncing or not is to go on the server share and see if it is there. You do not redirect it back, you need to reverserevoke the redirect policy and select the copy back option.
Upm and folder redirection profile management general. Provides an example of how to redirect the my documents folder to a specified path. User profiles and user folders redirection using gpo chuong k. That is because the whole appdata folder does not sync. Make sure that you access the correct site by reading what is in your url address bar it should contain rarbg.
As you can see, we have an appdata folder a few other folders redirected here too, which seem to work ok, and a profile folder. This allows windows programs to store multiple sets of settings if a computer is used by multiple people. Comments are disabled for this blog but please email me with any comments, feedback, corrections, etc. Redirecting any folders with lots of files in soon becomes an issue start menu, recent items, cookies, etc. However, if youre concerned there might be some important settings or data under the programdata folder, you might want to go inspect and and see which programs are storing data there. To configure folder redirection, complete the following steps. Ive got 99 problems and folder redirection is every one. Typically user profiles and settings are stored in local profile. Lists some user shell folders that can be redirected by using corresponding registry entries. Folder redirection alternatives newer file sync and share solutions that have been popular of the past several years may make interesting alternatives to folder redirection. Issue with setting file location for ost file within gpo. Instead i followed the advice on this adobe getsatisfaction page by ge3or who suggested giving users permission to c. Some of the applications that we use in the company store their configuration settings to the appdata local folder. Configuring folder redirection through group policy.
I restored torrents and using computer search found them to see their location, so they were located in c. However after setting up folder redirection for appdata roaming profile and desktop folder redirection, i discovered that. Citrix xenappxendesktop and folder redirection the last. When policy is removed, do you have it set to leave or redirect the thing back.
If we go in to the redirected appdata folder we can see it is populated with a little data this data is just from logging on once and straight back off on a clean profile. After logon only some folders are redirected but others are not. Describes how to redirect user shell folders by using profile maker. Do you guys know how to safely relocated that to the my documents folder where is already a setup for redirection.
Group policy redirection of recent items to network share. Solved appdata not being redirected active directory. The folder redirection is the way to keep a profile folders to a network location or other location in the local computer. Move applicable users to an ou that profile management manages. If they want shortcuts to junk they can throw it in their home folder. Folder redirection enables you to redirect paths of folders outside of the windows user profile to reduce the size of the profile. You configure folder redirection for users to redirect multiple folders to a file server. Appdata is all dependent on the applications and some applications store large numbers of files or large sized files in the folder. However, if the cifs servers have problems, then the windows client might malfunction because windows cant access its desktop.
With folder redirection, the appdata and desktop changes are no longer synced during log on or log off. In one step vice each one individually i would like to tell the utorrent where the source files are located. In the shares tile, select tasks, and then select new share. Redirect % appdata % separate share, then it will be hidden again because it is no folder in the user profile.
You can also try changing the appdata environment variable. Appdata redirection is a whole problem in itself only last week i saw a citrix installer crashing repeatedly until we stopped appdata redirection. Why you shouldnt redirect favorites to home folder. Should i use folder redirection for appdata posted on july 29, 2010 july 29, 2010 by virtualfeller when we talk about xenapp and xendesktop implementations and the aspects of profiles, we always hear the recommendation to redirect folders. That means if you run application x in session 1 and it stores a file in appdata, that file will immediately be visible to another instance of application x in session 2. I have one client that i currently redirect appdata for and another that i do not. Checked her profile at that pc and turned out her outlook ost file 4. Configuring windows profile folder redirections sambawiki.
Folder redirection in group policy allows a systems administrator to redirect certain folders from a users profile to a file server. In the server manager navigation pane, select file and storage services, and then select shares to display the shares page. User profiles and user folders redirection using gpo. Usually when torrents are downloaded, they will appear in my documents downloads folder, all the torrents. I have the new drive installed and have copied the download folder. Ill cover some additional alternatives in seperate articles. This article shows you how simply you can redirect folder in windows server with group policy.
Should appdata be redirected or left in the user profile. Your most important application data, if you want to back it up, will likely be stored under c. Im pretty sure downloads just go there by default when your downloads directery is unavailable. Navigate to user configuration administrative templates citrix components profile management folder redirection and then select the folder you want to redirect. Should i use folder redirection for appdata ask the. I have had bad experiences to with roaming profiles, so i chose not to implement those in anything other than term serv environments. Deploy folder redirection with offline filesdeploy folder. Various citrix and profile and folder redirection bits and bobs by rakhesh is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4.