QUARTER 2

LO 2: CONFIGURE NETWORK
SERVICES

SELF- LEARNING MODULE 13

Creating Folder Redirection
Writer: Ms. Virgie Alfaras Baylon
Reviewer: Mr. Cyrus N. Caruz
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the (Computer System Servicing(CSS) Grade-12) Self Learning Module

on (Creating Folder Redirection) !
This Self Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators from Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its Officer-In-Charge
Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin in partnership
with the Local Government of Pasig through its mayor, Honorable Victor Ma. Regis
N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum using the
Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help
learners acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of
the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 EXPECT AT ION

After completing the lesson the learners should be able to:

A. understand how redirect folder in (GPO);

B. know basic settings of redirecting folders and documents; and
C. create folder redirection in Windows settings

PRET EST

TRUE or FALSE

Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Write T if the statement is

correct and F if wrong in the space provided before each number.

______1. There are four main methods of redirecting a folder.

______2. Folder Redirection allows you as an administrator to point a number of

special folders, such as Documents, Music and Downloads, to locations of
your choice.

______3. The Settings tab allows you to configure how the folder redirection will be
handled.

______4. Redirect folders allows you to store a user’s files on a network share,
rather than in their local user profile.

______5. Policy removal defines what should happen when the policy is retained.

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 RECAP

Directions: Write the steps on how to go to the following screen below:

1. Click “________________”
2. “______________________”-
3. “_______________________________”

4. Select “____________”
5. then ” _______________________”
6. “____________________________”

7. Type the given “_________________”

8. ”_____________________” GPO then

9. “______________________”
10. “_____________________”
 LESSON

CREATE FOLDER REDIRECTION

Folder Redirection allows you as an administrator to point a number of special

folders, such as Documents, Music and Downloads, to locations of your choice. The
most common use of this is to locate folders such as My Documents on a network
share so that it can be centrally backed up.
As of Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follows
 AppData (Roaming)  Favourites
 Desktop  Contacts
 Start Menu  Downloads
 Documents  Links
 Pictures  Searches
 Music  Saved Games
 Video
Two main methods of redirecting a folder
Firstly, you can configure a policy to redirect all users’ folders to the same place.
Alternatively, you can redirect folders based on group membership of the logged on
user.
Redirected Folders Interface
You can redirect each of the above folders to the following places
 A subfolder named after a username, created in a folder you specify
 A specifically specified folder.
 The default location (in the local user profile)
In addition, for the Documents folder, you can choose to redirect the folder to the
user’s home folder, as specified in the Active Directory account.
How to redirect folders
This allows you to store a user’s files on a network share, rather than in their local
user profile. This has a number of advantages, including allowing you to back up
these files centrally, and giving users access to their files even if they log on to a
number of different computers. You can couple Folder Redirection with Offline Files
to ensure that people can continue to work on their files even when they are not
connected to your network.
To redirect the Documents folder, open the appropriate Group Policy Object (GPO)
and navigate to User Configuration\ Policies\Windows Settings\Folder
Redirection, then right click on Documents and choose Properties.
Illustration to redirect folder:
1.Click “Folder Redirection”
2.Click “Folder Redirection”

3.Create a Folder in Drive path –folder

name:CPTShared, then Click
“Properties” 38

4.Right-Click to Documents then

Click “Properties”

6.Click to “Sharing Tab” then Click

“Advance Sharing”

7.Check “share this folder” then Click

“Permissions

8.Check “Full Control”

9.Click “Add” then type

“Authentication Users” then Ok, then
Apply
10.Copy the Network Path

11.Back to Step 10 then Select

“Basic” then “paste the network path,
then Click “OK”

12.Click “yes” then Ok

13.Click “Start”- “Administrative

Tools”- then Select “Active Directory
and Users and Computers

14.Right-Click “Domain
Controllers”(+slsucpt.com), select
“New” then Click Organizational Unit.

15.Then type the given organizational

Unit “CIT”

16.Then Right-Click to CIT Folder

then, Click “ New User”
17.Then Create “User” and “Password”

18.Create “password”, password must

never expired and unchecked other
option.

19.Click “Finish”

The options for Setting are:

 Basic – Redirect everyone’s folder to the same location

This will redirect the Documents folder to the location you specify next, for
every user the policy applies to.
 Advanced – Specify locations for various user groups
This redirects the Documents folder to a different place depending on a
particular user’s group membership.
 Not configured
The folder will not be redirected.

Settings
The Settings tab allows you to configure how the folder redirection will be handled.
Redirection Settings
Grand the user exclusive rights
This setting grants the relevant user access rights to the redirected folder
exclusively, removing administrators and all other users from the access control
list. This option cannot be used when redirecting the Documents folder to a user’s
home directory.
Policy Removal
This defines what should happen when the policy is removed – you can either
choose to revert to the standard Windows setting of locating the relevant folder in
the user’s profile, or you can choose to leave the redirection in place. Removal of
the policy in this case means if policy no longer applies for any reason. This
includes moving a user account to a different OU, or applying security filtering to a
GPO.
 ACT IVIT IES

Directions: Fill in the missing word to redirect the Documents folder.

Open the appropriate Group Policy Object (GPO) and navigate to:

1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________,
5. then right click on __________________ and choose Properties.

WR AP UP
FOLDER REDIRECTION BASIC SETTINGS.
Basic Setting
When the Basic setting is selected from the options above, you must then configure
a target folder location. You have three or four options in this case:
 Redirect to the user’s home directory
This redirects the Documents folder to the user’s home directory, specified in
their Active Directory account information.
 Create a folder for each user under the root path
With this option, you enter the path to a folder, and Group Policy creates a
subfolder for each user, and redirects the appropriate folder there.
 Redirect to the following location
This option allows you to redirect a folder to a specific folder, which is the
same for all users. This can be useful if you are redirecting the Desktop folder,
for example, and want common items to appear on every user’s desktop.
 Redirect to the local user profile location
The default option.
Advanced Setting
If you choose the Advanced setting, the options available change to resemble the
following image.
A. Redirecting Documents – Advanced
This mode allows you to specify a number of Active Directory security groups,
and how to redirect folders based on a user’s membership of that group.
B. Redirecting Documents – Advanced – Adding a group
The options available in this dialog are the same as the options available in
Basic mode.
 VALUI NG
We have learned about creating Folder Redirection, briefly summarize the basic
settings.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

POST T EST

Directions: Enumerate the following:

A. (1-5) In Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follows
(give atleast 5 samples)
B. (6-7) Two main methods of redirecting a folder
C. (8-10) Three redirected folders interface. You can redirect each folders to the
following places

K EY T O CORRECT ION

Pre-test Recap Activity Post-test

1. Start (You can choose to 13 possible
1. F 2. Administrative 1. User Configuration answer)
2. T Tools 2. Policies 1. App Data
3. T 3. Group Policy 3. Windows Settings 2. Desktop
4. T 4. Folder Redirection 3. Start Menu
5. F
Management 5. Documents 4. Documents
4. Domain 5. Downloads
5. Right Click 6. Folders to the same place
6. Create GPO in . 7. based on group Membership
domain 8. Subfolder name after a username
7. GPO name 9. Specified Folder
8. Right Click 10. Default location
9. Click
10. Edit

R E F E R E N CE S
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