See also Windows Roaming Profiles

See also Folder Redirection

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555046

1. Create a top-level share to hold all user home directories
2. Home directories are created automatically

This folder structure supports implementation of these four functions and permits the functions to be implemented separately at different times or together at once.

• Shares
• Home Directories
• Roaming Profiles
• Folder Redirection

E:\Shares
        \Share1
        \Share2
          
E:\Homes
        \User1
        \User2

E:\Profiles
        \User1
        \User2
                      
E:\Redirected
        \User1
        \User2
             \My Documents
             \Application Data

1. Create a folder 'Homes'
   1. Disable permissions inheritance
   2. Set folder permissions per the table above
      1. Use the Advanced option to edit permissions
2. Share the folder 'Homes'
   1. Set the share name as 'Homes$'
      1. The dollar symbol hides the share for better security
      2. Leave off the $ if you prefer
      3. Use Properties → Sharing → Advanced to create hidden shares
   2. Set the share permissions per the table

Modify each user with the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) tool.

1. Browse to the container holding user objects
2. Hold the control key down and select all users you want to modify
3. Right-click one of the selected accounts → Properties
4. Select the Profile tab
5. Select the button next to Connect
   1. Choose a drive letter (same for all users)
   2. \\DC1\Homes$\%username%
   3. Click OK to save
6. Verify the user's home directory was created and that the user has write access to his/her mapped drive

The first troubleshooting step should be to examine the Application event log on the client computer, and determine the error.

If this is a roaming profile, be sure to check for the correct permissions on the 'Profiles' folder. Check share permissions as well as NTFS permissions.

In addition to logging events in the Application Event log, User Profiles can provide a detailed log to aid troubleshooting. To create a detailed log file for user profiles, use regedit and locate the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Create a new value called UserEnvDebugLevel as a REG_DWORD and set the value to 30002 in hexadecimal format.

The log file can be found at: %windir%\debug\usermode\userenv.log.

View all shares including hidden shares (share name ending with $ symbol):

net share