Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

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I'm trying to change the Local Path (Default is C:\Documents and Settings) to
D:\Documents and Settings. Originally when the Terminal Server was built the
Local path was left as the default as a result the system drive is running
out of space since we have several users with large profiles. Would any one
be able to tell me what i might be doing wrong... When i change the local
path on the Terminal Services Profile to D:\Documents and Settings\%username%
or make the same change under the TS User Home Directory Properties in the
Group Policy it seems to have no effect. Am i going about this the wrong way
or is it simply not possible?

Thank you
 
Re: Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

Check this:

User profiles are filling up my C: drive. Can I move them to my D:
drive?
http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_faq_profiles.htm#move_DocSettings

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?Y1Rla2tlbg==?= <cTekken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
on 02 nov 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I'm trying to change the Local Path (Default is C:\Documents and
> Settings) to D:\Documents and Settings. Originally when the
> Terminal Server was built the Local path was left as the default
> as a result the system drive is running out of space since we
> have several users with large profiles. Would any one be able to
> tell me what i might be doing wrong... When i change the local
> path on the Terminal Services Profile to D:\Documents and
> Settings\%username% or make the same change under the TS User
> Home Directory Properties in the Group Policy it seems to have
> no effect. Am i going about this the wrong way or is it simply
> not possible?
>
> Thank you
 
Re: Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

Vera,

Thank you for your quick response. Unfortunately reinstalling the OS on
the Terminal Server is out of the question in my situation. It seems like TS
is designed to allow you to change "My Documents and Settings", but it just
isn't working for me.

cTekken
 
Re: Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

Not being able to change the location of the user profiles (the C:
\Documents and Settings folder) has nothing to do with Terminal
Services. It is not supported on any system, as KB 236621
describes.

You might confuse moving the users profile with the GPO setting to
redirect the "My Documents" folder, which is just a sub-folder of
the user profile. Note that none of the above is the TS Home
Folder, as you use in the title of this thread.

Few people are prepared to do a fresh install of their Terminal
Server, that's why I propose roaming profiles and deleting the
locally cached copy.

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?Y1Rla2tlbg==?= <cTekken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
on 02 nov 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Vera,
>
> Thank you for your quick response. Unfortunately reinstalling
> the OS on
> the Terminal Server is out of the question in my situation. It
> seems like TS is designed to allow you to change "My Documents
> and Settings", but it just isn't working for me.
>
> cTekken
 
Re: Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

Vera,

I guess i am pretty confused about what the differences between the
following AD Property tabs are:

1. Profile > User Profile > Profile Path
2. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services User Profile > Profile Path
3. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services Home Folder > Local Path

Here is what my understanding of the items listed below work:

1. This is where you setup a roaming profile
2. Change the default location (C:\Documents and Settings\%Username%) of a
users profile on the Terminal server
3. Redirect a users "My Documents" folder only and not the entire users
profile

Would you be able to clarify where i'm going wrong with this?

Thank you!
 
Re: Unable to change Terminal Services Home Folder Location

No, that's not what these settings mean.
On every Windows system that you log on to, you need a profile.
Since a Terminal Server profile has many settings which are
different from a workstation profile, you cannot use the same
profile on your workstation and a Terminal Server. So each user who
connect to a TS needs two separate profiles.

1. Profile > User Profile > Profile Path

This settings defines the normal user profile, i.e. the profile
which is used when the user logs on to a workstation. It can be
local or roaming, depending on the path you configure here. I'll
skip mandatory profiles for now.

2. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services User Profile >
Profile Path

This is the TS-specific profile path. Is used when the user logs
ojn to a terminal Server. Can be local or roaming (or mandatory),
depending on the path.

3. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services >
Home Folder > Local Path

This is the location of the TS Home folder, which is the folder in
which Windows creates the "windows" subdirectory when a user
creates a TS specific profile for the first time. The windows
subdirectory contains user-specfic settings for applications
installed on a Terminal Server. If you don't specify a TS Home
folder, then the windows subdirectory is created in the TS profile
directory.

Redirecting the "My Documents" folder cannot be done in the user
account properties in AD, it can only be done in a Group Policy.
Setting can be found here:

User Configuration - Windows Settings - Folder Redirection
My Documents

Here's some more reading material:

Using User Profiles in Windows Server 2003
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/23ee2a30-
5883-4ffa-b4cf-4cfff3ff8cb71033.mspx?mfr=true

246132 - User Profile and Home Directory Behavior with Terminal
Services
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246132
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?Y1Rla2tlbg==?= <cTekken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
on 02 nov 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Vera,
>
> I guess i am pretty confused about what the differences
> between the
> following AD Property tabs are:
>
> 1. Profile > User Profile > Profile Path
> 2. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services User Profile >
> Profile Path 3. Terminal Services Profile > Terminal Services
> Home Folder > Local Path
>
> Here is what my understanding of the items listed below work:
>
> 1. This is where you setup a roaming profile
> 2. Change the default location (C:\Documents and
> Settings\%Username%) of a users profile on the Terminal server
> 3. Redirect a users "My Documents" folder only and not the
> entire users profile
>
> Would you be able to clarify where i'm going wrong with this?
>
> Thank you!
 
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