Hi Experts, We are using roaming profile and folder redirection for all users in our domain which are accessing Terminal servers (windows server 2008-R2). Recently we we changed the network share which was used for Profile and folder redirection. Now its a Linux Based FS (In past it was Windows FS in cluster). Every thing is migrated (profiles, application data, my documents, desktop, start menu) successfully but some users are complaining that they lost their pinned items from task bar and recent opened programs from start menu. After this migration, If they open any new application, its displayed in Start Menu as expected. Also if they pin new item in task bar its, its working but those items which were opened in past (Windows FS) and not merged after this migration (Linux FS). I tried to search regarding this problem and got to know that these items are written in registry too. In Past FS share was \\servername\z\HOME\%USERNAME%\(Profile, my documents, start menu, desktop, app data)-Windows FS Now its Share path is \\servername\HOMES\%USERNAME%\(Profile, my documents, start menu, desktop, app data)-Linux FS Can we restore these items? If yes how we can? There were many users whichRegards Suman B. Singh

You can pin programs by script and avoid problems like this one. See here http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/04/08/pin-items-to-the-start-menu-or-windows-7-taskbar-via-script.aspx Regards Milos

Hi Its tried ages before.. It doesnot.Regards Suman B. Singh

Hi, You may configure Folder Redirection to redirect the following folder to keep the recent opened programs history. %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent After that, write a script to migrate the following registries without any changes for all the users. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Recent HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Recent For pinned icons, you may try to write a script to migrate the content of the following location and registry without any changes for all the users. %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband For more information, you may refer to the following thread: Forum FAQ: How to deploy Windows 7 Taskbar Pinned Icons by Group Policy? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverGP/thread/d172b4de-be7c-4149-8958-bebfe042ade1 If you encounter any difficulties when customizing the scripts, you may submit a new question in The Official Scripting Guys Forum! which is a best resource for scripting related issues. The Official Scripting Guys Forum! http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/threads Regards, Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, You may configure Folder Redirection to redirect the following folder to keep the recent opened programs history. %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent After that, write a script to migrate the following registries without any changes for all the users. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Recent HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Recent For pinned icons, you may try to write a script to migrate the content of the following location and registry without any changes for all the users. %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband For more information, you may refer to the following thread: Forum FAQ: How to deploy Windows 7 Taskbar Pinned Icons by Group Policy? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winserverGP/thread/d172b4de-be7c-4149-8958-bebfe042ade1 If you encounter any difficulties when customizing the scripts, you may submit a new question in The Official Scripting Guys Forum! which is a best resource for scripting related issues. The Official Scripting Guys Forum! http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ITCG/threads Regards, Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.