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Folder Redirection, My Documents and saving attachments in Outlook

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Deb H

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Jul 6, 2007, 11:50:01 AM7/6/07
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I have just configured Folder redirection of My Documents and the Desktop via
Group Policy for a user. I can copy files to the My Documents folder and the
desktop folder via Explorer or within the Office Package. However, they
cannot save a document when they open it from Outlook as an attachment. The
user is sent an email with a Word doc attached. They open the attachment from
within Outlook, make a change and then try to save to their My Documents but
get "Access Denied". Creator/Owner has full rights to the Folder Redirection.
How can I correct this? Users like to open the document from within their
outlook to see whether it is worth saving.

Thanks
Deb H

Herb Martin

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Jul 6, 2007, 12:46:31 PM7/6/07
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"Deb H" <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:35C6B0E1-A711-4A9C...@microsoft.com...

>I have just configured Folder redirection of My Documents and the Desktop
>via
> Group Policy for a user. I can copy files to the My Documents folder and
> the
> desktop folder via Explorer or within the Office Package. However, they
> cannot save a document when they open it from Outlook as an attachment.
> The
> user is sent an email with a Word doc attached. They open the attachment
> from
> within Outlook, make a change and then try to save to their My Documents
> but
> get "Access Denied". Creator/Owner has full rights to the Folder
> Redirection.

Full Control PERMISSIONS to BOTH the Share and the NTFS Directory
involved?

Deb H

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Jul 6, 2007, 1:14:02 PM7/6/07
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Sorry I should have mentioned.

I have full permissions on the share for Everyone and creator\owner has full
NTFS permissions on subfolders and files only. I followed the dialogue in
these articles.:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288991
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443

Herb Martin

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Jul 6, 2007, 2:17:30 PM7/6/07
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"Deb H" <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:92E9071E-6770-4294...@microsoft.com...

> Sorry I should have mentioned.
>
> I have full permissions on the share for Everyone and creator\owner has
> full
> NTFS permissions on subfolders and files only. I followed the dialogue in
> these articles.:

The person who will create the file has to have enough permission at the
parent directory to CREATE the file -- in order to become creator owner
of that new file and have those permissions.

Deb H

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Jul 6, 2007, 2:38:05 PM7/6/07
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They can create the file with no issues from Word, Excel or through explorer
and place the file on the desktop. It is only through Outlook when viewing
and trying to save the attachment that they receive "Access Denied".

Herb Martin

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Jul 6, 2007, 5:32:13 PM7/6/07
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"Deb H" <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> They can create the file with no issues from Word, Excel or through
> explorer
> and place the file on the desktop. It is only through Outlook when viewing
> and trying to save the attachment that they receive "Access Denied".

Sounds like they are being blocked from creating a file in either/both of
the
Temp directory (viewing incoming attachment) or My Documents (for saving).

IN both cases they must be able to create new file in that directory AND
have
share permissions if it is on a network.


--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)

Deb H

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Jul 9, 2007, 12:02:06 PM7/9/07
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The My Documents is being redirected to the server. I am not sure if it
caches somewhere before moving to the server in Folder Redirection. Users are
admins of the local pc. They can save to the drive and to My Documents
through explorer. They just can't save from with in Outlook.

Nic Porter

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Feb 1, 2012, 10:22:41 AM2/1/12
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Deb,

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I am having the same issue.

Thanks,
Nic

> On Friday, July 06, 2007 11:50 AM Deb wrote:

> I have just configured Folder redirection of My Documents and the Desktop via
> Group Policy for a user. I can copy files to the My Documents folder and the
> desktop folder via Explorer or within the Office Package. However, they
> cannot save a document when they open it from Outlook as an attachment. The
> user is sent an email with a Word doc attached. They open the attachment from
> within Outlook, make a change and then try to save to their My Documents but
> get "Access Denied". Creator/Owner has full rights to the Folder Redirection.
> How can I correct this? Users like to open the document from within their
> outlook to see whether it is worth saving.
>
> Thanks
> Deb H


>> On Friday, July 06, 2007 12:46 PM Herb Martin wrote:

>> Full Control PERMISSIONS to BOTH the Share and the NTFS Directory
>> involved?


>>> On Friday, July 06, 2007 1:14 PM Deb wrote:

>>> Sorry I should have mentioned.
>>>
>>> I have full permissions on the share for Everyone and creator\owner has full
>>> NTFS permissions on subfolders and files only. I followed the dialogue in
>>> these articles.:
>>>> On Friday, July 06, 2007 2:17 PM Herb Martin wrote:

>>>> The person who will create the file has to have enough permission at the
>>>> parent directory to CREATE the file -- in order to become creator owner
>>>> of that new file and have those permissions.


>>>>> On Friday, July 06, 2007 2:38 PM Deb wrote:

>>>>> They can create the file with no issues from Word, Excel or through explorer
>>>>> and place the file on the desktop. It is only through Outlook when viewing
>>>>> and trying to save the attachment that they receive "Access Denied".
>>>>>
>>>>> "Herb Martin" wrote:


>>>>>> On Friday, July 06, 2007 5:32 PM Herb Martin wrote:

>>>>>> "Deb H" <De...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:45CFB34A-07AE-45E5...@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like they are being blocked from creating a file in either/both of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Temp directory (viewing incoming attachment) or My Documents (for saving).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IN both cases they must be able to create new file in that directory AND
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> share permissions if it is on a network.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
>>>>>> http://www.LearnQuick.Com
>>>>>> (phone on web site)


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