Windows 10: Documents Folder redirection changes using GPO or regedit

Hi, we have the below requirement : Current environment, Document Folder is redirected to network share using Folder redirection GPO.We want to get rid of Network share for Documents and redirect or sync documents folder to OneDrive for business of users.What should be the best approach?Please note that we have one redirection policy in which we have redirection settings for AppData roaming, Desktops, Favorites and Documents. We will redirect AppData roaming, Desktops, Favorites to another Network share but for documents, we need redirection or sync to OneDrive

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Folder Redirection Policy hiding Documents

My folder redirection policy was redirecting Documents to 10.200.0.5, after changing policy location to 10.200.0.10, all the documents that were offline disappeared. How do i resolve this issue?

Settings of Folder Redirection Policy

Move contents of Documents to new location when policy change was unchecked.

 

Update user shell folders registry keys with GPO

Hello people,

My goal is to change the location of two user Shell Folders located under %USERPROFILE%\AppData with a GPO.

The keys in question are named Local AppData and AppData, which are located under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders.

I defined a create-GPO and a replace-GPO by selecting the specific registry keys inside the GPO management console, which is pretty straightforward.

Desired values for those keys would be the following.

• Local AppData
  %USERPROFILE%\Documents\AppData\Local
  
• AppData
  %USERPROFILE%\Documents\AppData\Roaming
  

After user login, the values are not being updated nor do the folders redirect to the desired location.

• Server OS: Windows Server 2016 Standard
  
• Client OS: Windows 10
  

I appreciate any efforts.

Thanks in advance.

Have a nice one,

Andreas

 

Downloads folder is the Documents folder

Hi Chris,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

Step 1:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Download folder.
• Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

Step 2:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Documents folder.
• Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.