Today I took on the task of getting rid of GPO Folder Redirect. I won't go into all the particulars of how Folder Redirect works but the short version is that my docs, desktop and pictures are redirected to the server via a GPO. All the users reside an OU and the GPO is linked to the OU.
So, as a test, I created a User Group and called it Exclude Redirect. I then excluded the GPO for the group that I just created. However, when I performed a gpupdate/ force and went to the user's PC, nothing changed. All the folders were still on the server.
What happened next was scary to me. I accidently deleted the user. I tried to recover the user via powershell but I had failed to activate the Recycle Bin. As a test I created a new "test" user and deleted it and was able to recover via powershell but it only worked because I had activated Recycle Bin. Or that's what I gathered.
I still had this huge problem with the user that I accidently deleted. All of his data is still on the server, but he's locked out from accessing it.
My only saving grace (I hope) is that I did a bare metal backup before I touched the server. I just left the school and ran the bare metal recovery. It should be finished in a few hours. We'll see in the morning.
Still a lot left to learn.
So, as a test, I created a User Group and called it Exclude Redirect. I then excluded the GPO for the group that I just created. However, when I performed a gpupdate/ force and went to the user's PC, nothing changed. All the folders were still on the server.
What happened next was scary to me. I accidently deleted the user. I tried to recover the user via powershell but I had failed to activate the Recycle Bin. As a test I created a new "test" user and deleted it and was able to recover via powershell but it only worked because I had activated Recycle Bin. Or that's what I gathered.
I still had this huge problem with the user that I accidently deleted. All of his data is still on the server, but he's locked out from accessing it.
My only saving grace (I hope) is that I did a bare metal backup before I touched the server. I just left the school and ran the bare metal recovery. It should be finished in a few hours. We'll see in the morning.
Still a lot left to learn.
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