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Duplicate folders may appear after enabling Folder Redirection

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Symptoms

When redirecting a user profile folder or folders using Group Policy, if the option "Move the contents of <folder> to the new location" is not selected there will be duplicate folders created in a user profile: one pointing to the redirected location and one on the local hard drive. Unless this option is selected, a duplicate link will be left behind, even when that folder is completely empty.

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Cause

This behavior is by design.

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Resolution

Local copies of the user profile folder(s) may be safely deleted if they are empty.

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