====== Use Group Policy to Exclude Users from Folder Redirection ======

See also **[[networking:windows:active_directory:folder_redirection|Folder Redirection]]**

See also **[[networking:windows:active_directory:group_policy|Windows Group Policy]]**

**Group Policy Precedence** (Inheritance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQns7K-brM

<note tip>You might consider excluding admin users or portable computer users from Windows Profile Folder Redirection.</note>

:!: We create an Active Directory user group named ''NoRedirection'' adding users for whom we don't want Folder Redirection.

:!: We create a Group Policy Object linked to the AD OU containing your user objects.

:!: We use the user group ''NoRedirection'' in the ''Security Filtering'' section of the GPO to limit it's effect to the desired users.

:!: We create folder redirection policies that set the policy back to the local profile location (the default) in order to counteract the upstream redirection policy.

:!: Set the ''NoRedirection'' GPO to ''Enforced'', if necessary to take precedence over other GPOs linked to the same OU.

Check for redirection status:

  - **Start -> Run -> %appdata%**
  - Click on the yellow folder icon next to the folder path to show the network path

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy.png?750 |NoRedirection GPO}}

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy_create.png?750 |Create the NoRedirection GPO}}

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy_target.png?370 |Target Tab}}

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy_settings.png?370 |Settings Tab}}

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy_check_1.png?400 |Run %appdata%}}

{{ :networking:windows:active_directory:no_redirection_policy_check_2.png?750 |Show Redirection Status}}