Information Sheet 3.

1-9
Folder Redirection

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, STUDENT(S) MUST be able to:
1. Understand the valuable meaning and advantage of performing folder
redirection.
2. Know how to configure folder redirection.

Folder Redirection allows you as an administrator to point a number of special folders,

such as Documents, Music and Downloads, to locations of your choice. The most
common use of this is to locate folders such as My Documents on a network share so
that it can be centrally backed up.

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As of Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follow

 AppData (Roaming)
 Desktop
 Start Menu
 Documents
 Pictures
 Music
 Video
 Favorites
 Contacts
 Downloads
 Links
 Searches
 Saved Games

One of the most useful things you can do is redirecting the Documents folder (or My
Documents for Windows XP and earlier). This allows you to store a user’s files on a
network share, rather than in their local user profile. This has a number of
advantages, including allowing you to back up these files centrally, and giving users
access to their files even if they log on to a number of different computers. You can
couple Folder Redirection with Offline Files to ensure that people can continue to work
on their files even when they are not connected to your network.

SETTING-UP FOLDER REDIRECTION

1. Create a folder in a server for file container.

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 Image 1.1 Creating Folder

2. Right click in new created folder > Click Properties

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 Image 1.2 Folder Properties

3. Choose sharing > click share

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 Image 1.3 Sharing Folder
4. Click the drop down arrow then choose everyone then click Add (Image 4.2)

Image 4.1 Adding users or group

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 Image 4.2: Add Everyone

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 5. Set the permission level to Read/Write then click Share then click Done
(Figure 5.2) to setting the permission level then click Close (Figure 5.3)

Figure 5.1: Setting the permission level

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 Figure 5.2: Closing File Sharing

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 Figure 5.3: Closing the folder properties

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 6. Open server manager

Image 6: Server Manager

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 7. Click Features select Group Policy Management select Forest (e.g.
itsmeismael.com) select domain then click your domain e.g.
itsmeismael.com

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 Image 7: Working with group policy management

8. Right click in your domain (e.g itsmeismael.com) choose Create a GPO in

this domain, and Link it here…

Image 8: Creating GPO

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 9. Create a name for new GPO

Image 9: Naming new group policy object

10. Right click in your newly created object then choose Edit

Image 10: Editing newly created object

11. Click (-) sign of User Configuration click (-) sign of Polices click Folder
Redirection choose Documents then proceed to next step no. 12.

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 Image 11: Group Policy Management Editor

12. Right click in Document then click Properties.

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 Image 12: Entering Document properties

13. Now choose Target tab then choose Basic- Redirect everyone’s folder to
same location. Do nothing in root path textbox, then you can proceed to your

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 create Redirection folder (Step no. 14)

Image 13: Displaying Document Properties

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 14. Open your redirection folder then right click choose Properties then click
Sharing Tab then copy your Network Path (e.g. \\SERVER\New Folder
Redirection) then close the window. Then proceed to your target root path (Step
no. 15)

Image 14: Copying Network Path of assigned folder for redirection

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 15. Paste the copied network path on to your Root Path click Apply then click
OK to exit.

Image 15: Pasting network path address to root path in document properties for
redirection.

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 16. Warning dialog box will appear just click Yes to continue .

Image 16: Warning dialogue box

After closing the warning dialogue box, close your Group Policy Management
Editor then proceed to next step.

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 17. Open your command prompt. Press windows + r then type CMD then press
Enter key in your keyboard. In your command prompt type gpupdate /force
then wait for a moment. You can also try Image 17.2 for alternative method

Image 17.1: Exexcuting gpupdate /force using command prompt

Image 17.2: Exexcuting gpupdate /force using command prompt

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 18. After excuting gpupdate /force command there will be a warning texts
appeared in your command prompt. Read carefully the warning then type Y to
Log off your machine.

Why do we need to log off the machine?

We need to log off our machine in order to apply the configured policy.

Requisites and Application

Do this first in your Computer Server then log off your server, do the
samething in your connected clients.

Image 18: Logging off the Machine

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 TESTING CONFIGURED REDIRECTION

19. Open your configure redirection folder (e.g. New Folder Redirection)

Image 19: Open folder assigned for redirection

20. Open the user’s folder, usually it is named as “the name of user logged in a
machine (e.g. itsmeismael).

Image 20: User’s Folder

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 21. Open your redirected folder (Document) from the client computer (e.g.
itsmeismael). Open Documents folder.

Image 21: User’s redirected folder

22. We cannot open the redirected folder by default. The permission dialogue
box will appear then click continue to grant ownership for this folder.

Image 22: Accessing Permission

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 23. To take ownership for this folder just click security tab then proceed to
next procedure.

Image 23: Accessing Security tab

24. Click continue

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 Image 24: Document properties

25. Click other users or group

Image 25: Advanced security setting for Documents

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 26. Type Everyone in Enter the object name to select then click Check
Names Click OK.

Image 26: Select Users

Note: In this method I used “Everyone” permission. Using “Everyone”

permission level is strongly not recommend for the network that implements
high level of security measure. You can use your domain restrictions and
security groups or any equivalent privileges that you need within your
enterprise network.

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 27. Check Replace owner on sub container

Image 27: Ownership

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 28. Granting permission. Click yes to continue

Image 28: Windows Security message

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 29. Click Ok

Image 29: Accepting ownership permission

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 30. Click OK

Image 30: Advance Security Setting for Documents

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 31. Click Close

Image 31: Closing the dialogue box

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 32. Open your client computer (eg. Windows 7) then click your redirected folder.
Put some files or create some folder then go back to your server.

Image 32: Windows Document

33. Open your redirected folder that resides in your server (Windows Server
2008 R2) then see the result.

Image 33: Showing redirected folders

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 TASK SHEET 3.1-6

Title: Install active directory

Performance Objective: Given are the following materials, you should be

able to install active directory. Allotted time 30 minutes.

Supplies/Materials :

Equipment : Computer with Windows Server 2008 R2

Prerequisites: Installed and configured active directory

Steps/Procedure:
1. Read information sheet 3.1-6 Folder Redirection
2. Create a redirected folder from the server
Where:
Folder name = Home Folder
Shared Accessibility = Domain Users

Requirements:

Client 1 (Windows 7) and client 2 (windows 10) can save files from the
redirected folders and retrieve files using any clients that connected to the
domain (e.g. css.com).

Assessment Method:
Demonstration, Observation

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 Performance Criteria Checklist 3.1-2

Trainee’s Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________________________

During the performance of the task, did you consider the following criteria?
Grade Point
Equivalent
NO
CRITERIA YES Highest Possible Score =
5
Lowest Possible Score = 0

Did the trainee…

1. Created and configured home
folders for all connected clients?
2. Enabled the capability to modify
files, where ever the domain
users log in any workstations
that connected to the existing
domain?
3. Applied and performed 5s and
OHS?

Feedback and Comments

Total Points

Total Items

Signature of the Trainee/Learner

Signature of the Trainer

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Grade Point Equivalent

The table shows the equivalent points that are used and show how they are calculated to
determine the grade point average (GPA), or index.

The highest equivalent points that trainer can give is 5 points per criterion and the lowest is 0. If
the trainee/learner accumulate scores with below two (2) grade point equivalent, she/he needs to
retake the whole given task.

Grade Point Explanation

Equivalent

5 Excellent

4 Very Good

3 Good

2 Average

1 Poor

0 Failure

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 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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