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Dean_Gross
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Mar 16, 2017

Folder Redirection Event Log error

We are using a GPO to implement folder redirection on new Windows 7 computers. The event log shows "Failed to apply policy and redirect folder Documents to "%OneDriveSync%\Documents". Error details, ...
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    Dean_Gross
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    Mar 16, 2017
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      Salvatore Biscari
      Silver Contributor
      Mar 16, 2017

      Are you following this support article? https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Redirect-known-folders-to-OneDrive-for-Business-e1b3963c-7c6c-4694-9f2f-fb8005d9ef12?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

      I found the described procedure to be very stringent: are you varying something, perhaps?

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        Dean_Gross
        Silver Contributor
        Mar 16, 2017

        Yes, that is the article we are using. Our only change has been to select the "Move the contents of Documents to the new location" setting. This is for new users who have not used ODfB so changing that settings should be ok and would not be causing this type of problem.

         

        That article does not mention anything about various operating systems. Is there any reason that it would need to be changed for different versions of Windows?

         

        Patricia Hendricks Balik can you offer any insight?

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