Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 Folder Redirection Not Working

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This article helps fixes the printer redirection failures and hard drive redirection failures because of incorrect registry settings.

3 – In the New GPO dialog box, in the Name text box, type Folder Redirection, and then click OK. 4 – In the navigation pane, right-click Folder Redirection, and then click Edit. 5 – In the Group Policy Management Editor window, under User Configuration, expand Policies,expand Windows Settings, and then expand Folder Redirection.

Applies to: Windows Server 2012 R2
Original KB number: 2492632

Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:

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Start gpedit.msc (local group policy editor) Navigate Local Computer Policy - Computer Configuration - Administrative Templates - Windows Components - Remote Desktop Services - Remote Desktop Session Host - Device and Resource Redirection Select “Do not allow drive redirection” and enable it. Folder redirection enables access local folders during the remote session. Click the + button at the bottom of the dialog and choose a folder you want to have redirected. Folder Redirection and Offline Files are used together to redirect the path of local folders (such as the Documents folder) to a network location, while caching the contents locally for increased speed and availability. Roaming User Profiles is used to redirect a user profile to a network location. These features used to be referred to as. You connect to the server by using the Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe) utility from a client machine. In this scenario, printers and hard drives on the client machine aren't redirected into the Terminal Server session or Remote desktop session.

  1. You install the Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services role on a Windows Server computer.
  2. You enable printer redirection andor hard drive redirection on the computer.
  3. You connect to the server by using the Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc.exe) utility from a client machine.

In this scenario, printers and hard drives on the client machine aren't redirected into the Terminal Server session or Remote desktop session.

Cause

The issue is caused if the values of both registry entries below are set to 0:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal ServerWdsrdpwdfEnablePrintRDR

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal ServerWdsrdpwdfEnableRDR

Resolution

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Set these values to 1.

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This article provides a solution to an issue where local drive redirection isn't working in RDP Session.

Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 Folder Redirection Not Working

Applies to: Windows Server 2003
Original KB number: 2436104

Symptoms

You may notice the following symptoms when connecting via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to a Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2003 R2 Terminal Server:

  1. Local drives aren't redirected in the RDP Session.
  2. Other devices and resources may be properly redirected.
  3. There are no events in the Event Viewer pertaining to the failure to redirect drives.

Things to Check:

  1. On the Server: Terminal Services Configuration - Connections - RDP-Tcp - Properties - Client Settings: Make sure Drive Mapping option is unchecked under Disable the Following.

  2. On the Server: Terminal Services Configuration - Connections - RDP-Tcp - Properties - Client Settings: Under Connections - Connect Client Drives at logon is selected.

  3. On the client Machine: Start - Run - MSTSC - Options - Local Resource - Make sure Disk Drives is selected.

  4. Check Resultant Set of Policy on the machine: Terminal Services Group Policies, under Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsTerminal ServicesClient/Server data redirection - Don't allow drive redirection: shouldn't be enabled.

Cause

Network Providers value for RDP might be missing in the registry.

Resolution

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Make sure the Network Providers entry has at least the default entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlNetworkProviderOrder - ProviderOrder -

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Default entries: RDPNP, LanmanWorkstation, web client

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More information

No reboot is required after making these changes.