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Un-redirecting AppData from network share back to local user profile
Hi everyone! I have quite a dilemma at work. Let me explain...
Last year we rolled out all new Windows 7 systems and new domain controllers with Server 2008 R2 and redid some of our group policies. For reasons unknown, at that time I decided it was a good idea to redirect the AppData folder to the local users' share on our file server.
Now, it hasn't affected too much since then, but the #1 problem with it is that it pretty much breaks Offline Files for our laptop users. It will try to sync the AppData folder and throws tons of errors and causes problems.
A while back I found an article on TechNet that described the procedure which involved moving the affected user and computer to and fro different organizational units to redirect the appdata back to the local user profile. It's a very daunting and confusing task, but it does work if done correctly. I can't for the life of me find that article now. Hours and hours of Googling has turned up nothing.
The only thing that seems to work is to deny read permission of the GPO that has the redirection policy to the affected user, gpupdate and reboot, and delete the user's profile and start new. This of course isn't an ideal solution. Simply ticking the box "Move the contents of the folder back to local user profile upon removal" does not solve the problem.
If anyone has any ideas or knows what article I'm talking about and could point me in the right direction, I'm all ears! Thanks so much.