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Click to find the security group that you want.


Click to add a security group and path for Folder Redirection.


Click to edit the selected security group and path information.


Deletes the selected security group and its path information.


Specifies a security group and provides a space for you to type the name of a security group. Users who are members of this security group and who are affected by this Group Policy object will have this folder redirected to the location specified in Target folder location.


Lists security groups and the corresponding redirection paths to their folders.


Specifies whether the user has exclusive rights to the folder. If this check box is selected, the user and the local system have full rights to the folder. No one else has any rights to it, even administrators. If this check box is cleared, no changes are made to permissions on the folder (that is, whatever permissions that apply by default remain in effect).


Specifies that if My Documents is redirected, My Pictures is redirected automatically to remain a subfolder of My Documents.


Allows the location of My Pictures not to be dictated by Group Policy. In this case, the user profile determines the location of My Pictures.


Specifies whether the contents of the folder that is to be redirected should be moved to the new location or remain where they are. It is recommended that the default (enabled) setting be used.


Specifies that files remain in their new location even when the Group Policy object no longer applies. It is recommended that the default (enabled) setting be used.


Specifies that the folder is moved back to its local user profile location when the Group Policy object no longer applies.


Presents Basic, Advanced, or No administrative policy specified as redirection options on the Settings tab. An additional option, Follow the My Documents folder, applies to the My Pictures folder.

The Advanced setting, unlike the Basic setting, allows the administrator to specify different locations for redirected folders, depending on security group membership.

The No administrative policy specified setting allows the user profile to determine the folder location, instead of Group Policy. In this case, the Settings tab is unavailable.

If you choose the Follow My Documents folder setting, My Pictures remains a subfolder of My Documents regardless of where My Documents is redirected.


Opens the Browse dialog box so that you can find the location to which the folder should be redirected. If you begin the path with a drive letter, the drive must exist on the local computer, or redirection will fail.


Specifies the path to which the folder should be redirected. If you begin the path with a drive letter, the drive must exist on the local computer, or redirection will fail.


Presents several options for where the folder is redirected:

Create a folder for each user under the root path: Appends a folder named by the %username% environment variable to the path.

Redirect to the following location: Allows you to specify a UNC path in the form \\ServerName\ShareName or a locally valid path such as C:\FolderName.

Redirect to the local userprofile location: Reverts to the default behavior for folder location in the absence of redirection by the administrator.

Redirect to the user’s home directory: You should use this option only if you have already deployed home folders and you want to maintain compatibility. This option is only available for the My Documents folder.