The Folder Redirection policy does not work if a previous user sets a redirected folder to an offline mode in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2

• You configure the following Folder Redirection Group Policy setting to use a network location as the redirected path of user folders:
  GPO name\User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Folder Redirection
  Notes
  • User folders include the Documents folder.
  • You can use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to locate Group Policy settings.
• You disable the following Do not automatically make redirected folders available offline Group Policy setting to make the redirected folder available offline:
  GPO name\User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Folder Redirection
• You configure the following Configure slow-link mode Group Policy setting to use the slow-link mode for the redirected folders when the network latency is greater than a specified value:
  Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files
  Note By default, all redirected folders are set to offline mode if the network latency is longer than 80 milliseconds (ms).
• A user logs on to a client computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
• The user uses a redirected folder to transfers files.
• The network latency is greater than the specified value.
• The redirected folder is transitioned to offline mode that is also known as the slow-connection mode, and the redirected folder is available offline.
• The user maps a local drive on the client computer to a network share.
• The user makes the network share available offline and uses Windows Explorer to set the network share to offline mode.
• The user logs off from the client computer.
• Another user logs on to the client computer. This user has not previously logged on to this client computer.

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• The user has not previously logged on to the computer.
• The redirected folders are in offline mode that is also known as the slow-connection mode.

Hotfix information

Prerequisites

• Windows 7
• Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Registry information

Restart requirement

Hotfix replacement information

File information

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file information notes

• The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table:
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  Version	Product	Milestone	Service branch
  6.1.760 0.21xxx	Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2	RTM	LDR
  6.1.760 1.21xxx	Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2	SP1	LDR

• The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows Server 2008 R2 and for Windows 7" section. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintain the state of the updated components. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

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• Use the user account of the first user to revert the redirected folder or the mapped drive back to the online state.
• Use the administrator account to clear the Offline Files database. When a user logs on the computer, the redirected folders are set to the online state.
  
  For more information about how to clear the Offline Files database, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  230738

  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230738/ )

  How to re-initialize the offline files cache and database

• Multiple users usually log on to each client computer.
• The users manually set network locations to the offline state.

'
' THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
' ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
' THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A
' PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
'
' Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
'
'
' Usage: CscTransition.vbs /ItemPath:<path> /Online|Offline [/Force] [/Machine:value] [/User:value] [/Password:value]
'
' 
' Set an item to an online or offline state.
'
'     /Online    - Transition online
'     /Offline   - Transition offline
'     /Force     - For offline transition, force any open handles closed.  Default is no-force.
'
'
 
const cComputerName = "LocalHost"
const cWMINamespace = "root\cimv2"
const cWMIClass     = "Win32_OfflineFilesCache"
 
set objWMILocator = WScript.CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
 
'
' Process commandline arguments
'
strItemPath = WScript.Arguments.Named("ItemPath")'
if Len(strItemPath) = 0 Then
    Wscript.Echo "ItemPath parameter required"
    Err.Raise 449  ' "argument not optional" error
End if
 
bOnline   = False
bOffline  = False
bForce    = False
 
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("Online") Then
    bOnline = True
End If
 
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("Offline") Then
    bOffline = True
End If
 
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("Force") Then
    bForce = True
End if
 
If NOT bOnline AND NOT bOffline Then
    WScript.Echo "Must specify either Online or Offline parameter."
    Err.Raise 449  ' "argument not optional" error
End if
 
If bOnline AND bOffline Then
    WScript.Echo "Only one of Online and Offline parameters may be specified."
    Err.Raise 450 ' "Wrong number of arguments" error
End if
 
 
strComputerName = WScript.Arguments.Named("Machine")
If Len(strComputerName) = 0 Then strComputerName = cComputerName
 
strUserID = WScript.Arguments.Named("User")
If Len(strUserID) = 0 Then strUserID = ""
 
strPassword = WScript.Arguments.Named("Password")
If Len(strPassword) = 0 Then strPassword = ""
 
 
Set objWMIServices = objWMILocator.ConnectServer(strComputerName, _
                                                 cWMINameSpace, _
                                                 strUserID, _
                                                 strPassword)
 
 
'
' Transition control flags from Win32_OfflineFilesCache.TransitionOnline and TransitionOffline
'
const fInteractive = &H00000001
const fConsole     = &H00000002
 
TransitionFlags = fConsole + _
                  fInteractive
 
 
'
' Note that Win32_OfflineFilesCache is a singleton.
'
Set objCache = objWMIServices.Get("Win32_OfflineFilesCache=@")
 
WScript.Echo "Path = " & strItemPath & "  bOnline = " & bOnline
 
If bOnline Then
    objCache.TransitionOnline strItemPath, TransitionFlags
    WScript.Echo strItemPath & " is online."
Else
    bOpenFiles = False
    objCache.TransitionOffline strItemPath, bForce, TransitionFlags, bOpenFiles
 
    If bOpenFiles Then
        WScript.Echo strItemPath & " is not offline.  Open Files prevent offline transition."
    Else
        WScript.Echo strItemPath & " is offline."
    End If
End If

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Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Additional files for all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7

Additional files for all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2

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