Err 0629 a redirect instruction failed to create a file

They applied folder redirection in the Default Domain Policy. I've been able to disable the redirection in the Default Domain Policy and have created a new GPO for folder redirection. I plan to apply the folder redirection GPO to one department at a time so I can move the files from the old path to the new one.

I've successfully performed this process on 3 Windows 10 computers without any issues. Folder Redirection settings might have its own log file. Please check on the "More Information" link.

Additional information may have been logged. The policy route to a file server member of the domain. The Directory the files are being redirected to is in the following format:. I'm able to browse to the folder with no issues from the user's computers as the users using the above format with no permission or DNS issues so I'm not sure why it would not be able to "find the path specified. So I've found the problem was being caused by one of two things. After fixing the DNS issue, folder redirection started working on my test machine.

I had tried several changes to my test machine prior to the DNS change so I tried folder redirection on a 2nd test machine and it failed To get redirection working on this machine, I had to disable offline files, reboot the computer, then apply the folder redirection, then reactive offline files.

This has worked on every Windows 7 machine I've tried so far. Again, Windows 10 works flawlessly without having to do any of this. Sorry Joel, I should have been more clear. The "redirected folder" portion was just the placeholder for the folder name that is actually being used.

An example is below. I have the same directory for each except replace documents with Desktop, Favorites, Pictures, etc. I can definitely try the quotes, but there are no spaces in the actual path. I could be that there's another GPO somewhere in your configuration that has folder redirection enabled with the incorrect path - and that is what it's choking on as opposed to the GPO with the correct information.

This may not be the case, but you should verify that it indeed isn't the case. Make sure the GPO is running in the user context. Perhaps the previous IT person created policies on the Win 7 machines directly using gpedit.

Rather than through server side GPO's. I feel like I'm stretching here, but you never know. Additionally, have you tried mapping it to a different folder location? Create a new share on servername. If your hard disk is running out of space , it will fail to create a list suddenly.

Thus, you can release some space on the disk to see whether this method is helpful. If you keep receiving the error message: Failed to build the list of regular subdirectories when you try to relocate the folder to the original location, you need to restore it to solve the issue. Here is a guide: Accidentally merged User folders; How to unmerge Downloads folder.

If you want to restore your files when dealing with different kinds of issues on your computer like access is denied, hard drive is accessible, and more, you can use a dedicated file recovery tool to get them back. Folder Redirection Failed? To work around these problems, split the policy into smaller policies. Make sure that the total size of each policy file is smaller than the 32, character limit. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

The Folder Redirection policy settings use a new. This technology lets you redirect more folders compared to the Folder Redirection policy settings in Windows Server For more information about the Folder Redirection feature, see General information about the Folder Redirection feature. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info.

Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note For Symptom 1 and for Symptom 2, these symptoms occur on policies that are created and that are populated by using the Local Group Policy Editor on a computer that is running Windows Server , Windows Server , or a version of Windows that is newer than Windows Server