Question : GPO Not redirecting "My Documents" folder to new server.

Originally I had user home directories setup on server01.  I implemented the GPO to redirect to the My Documents folder to :  \\server01\users\%username%   Everything worked Great.

Now I have a new server, Server02.  I created the “users” directory, assigned the appropriate rights and then copied everyone’s home folder to server 2.  I then went through active directory and updated everyone’s home folder path to:
\\server02\users\%username%.   I have a drive letter mapped to their home folder called U:  This works fine.   I then went into the GPO, and changed the folder redirection for "my documents" from:  Server01\users\%username%  to:  Server02\users\%username%

The problem being:  most users have a “My documents” folder on the desktop and MS Word tries to open up My Documents as the default location.  When users double click on the My Documents folder on the desktop, they receive the following error:  “server01\users\(username)   The network name cannot be found.”  (this is because I stopped sharing the old folder so that users don’t accidentally save to server01)

If a new user is created, the My documents folder shows up in the profile, C:\documents and settings\…

Why isn’t this folder redirection working?   In AD, I have a container called “Staff Users”  I have a GPO associated with it.  I am assuming that this policy will take precedence over the default domain policy.  (I have also tried specifying folder redirection on the default domain policy)    I also Tried checking the “No Override “ option for the Staff GPO.   On the My Documents policy, I have a group created called “Staff members”  (Everyone in the Container "Staff Users" is a member of the Security group "Staff members"  

I have also tried 2 settings for the Target Folder Location
1.      Redirect to user’s home directory
2.      Redirect to the following location:   \\server02\users\%username

Neither one seems to do the trick.

One other thing that I noticed,  Some staff members used to have a mapped drive to an old server.    P:\  =   \\Oldserver\readonlyshare     I recently moved the data form the older server and took it offline.  I added a line in the logon script to quit connecting the P drive and to disconnect the P:\ if it exists.  “Net use P: /d”

Users keep getting:

Offline Files – Working Offline…

The popup in the lower right hand corner of the screen when they first logon. (it is in regards to the "oldserver"  this isn't really hurting anything, but just anoying for end users.  In the GPO for staff members under the Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Network, Offline File,  I have the very first one set to Disabled.

The description for this policy is:
“If you disable this policy, Offline Files is disabled and users cannot enable it.”  

This might be a separate issue, but is it possible that my group policy object is not applying correctly? for staff members.

Staff membes have non mandatory roaming user profiles, and the majority of users, are not power users / administrators.  

Answer : GPO Not redirecting "My Documents" folder to new server.

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