After migrating user profiles, users cannot access redirected folders.

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Cause:   If you made user profiles private, administrative credentials were removed from user folders on the client computer. Users need these credentials to access folders that are redirected to the server. After you migrate private user profiles (which include redirected folders), users may be unable to access their folders.

Solution:  Manually restore access to user folders on the client computer.

To restore access to user folders on the client computer

  1. Log on to the client computer.

  2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Performance and Maintenance.

  3. Click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Event Viewer.

  4. Under Event Viewer (Local), double-click Application.

  5. Search for an event with the type listed as Error and the source listed as Folder Redirection, and double-click that event.

  6. Note the source and destination directory listed in the event description.

Note

To complete the next part of this procedure, you must be logged on as a member of the Domain Admins security group.

  1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, click Explore, and then browse to the user folder in the location you noted in step 6.

  2. Right-click the folder, click Sharing and Security, click the Permissions tab, and verify that the user's name does not appear.

  3. If the folder is empty, delete it.

Note

To perform the next part of this procedure, the user whose profile you are redirecting must be a member of the Local Admins security group on the client computer.

  1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, click Explore, and then browse to the user folder in the location you noted in step 5 of the first procedure.

  2. Right-click the folder, and then click Sharing and Security.

  3. On the Security tab, click Advanced.

  4. On the Owner tab, click the user name in the Change owner to box, and then select the Replace owner on subcontainers and objects check box.

  5. Click Apply.

  6. On the Permissions tab, verify that the user whose profile you want to redirect appears in the list under Permission entries. If the user's name does not appear, click Add, type the user name under Enter the object name to select, and then click Check Names.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Click Apply, and then click OK. The Permission Entry page appears.

  9. Select the Full Control check box, and then click OK.

  10. Click OK, and then click OK again.

  11. Log off, and then log back on to the client computer.