HELP GPO deleted personal favorites

itdaddy

hey guys

please lie to me and say there is a way to recover deleted personal favorites.
GPO deleted personal favorites on all domain PCs..

is there a way to recover them??? OMG help

thanks

Paul Boz

I don't really have a recommendation, but what happened? What changed?

Hyper-Me

What GPO was set that changed the favorites? I'm guessing folder redirection?

Time to bust out a data recovery software and hope for the best. I'm not sure the original files are left anywhere on the local machine if you don't use the "copy files in existing location to the new location" when doing folder redirection.

Oh and reprimand whoever put an untested GPO into production.

itdaddy

I change the URL favorites we had. And then
I had deleted favorites that no longer needed to be there.
And every had them so I check the box that says delete existing favorites
or links to get rid of the orphaned icons, yep it sure did and all the local
favorites. I had no idea it would delete local favorites and it did delete
the orphaned icons that I originally deleted. MS doesnt clean itself up and
I assume with MS that it would take care of the orphaned icons.
but when dealing with MS I need to spend days researching before I pick a choice othewise I might erase our entire network with one click omg
but I am designing a login script that saves the users favorites when the login and sets the file as hidden on the U: mapped drive. it wont happen again.
my mistake but like i said after I deleted the favorites and replaced with new many favorites were orphaned

itdaddy

I am building VM test environment that mimicks our domain
and I plan on using to test GPO you are right

I am just loaded with so much work but yep I am building
test domain on a machine at work I am building
and I am going use it as our test dummy yep
going to make it just like our domain for testing prior

it was my fault. I assumed and after I build my Test domain
on a machine at work I will be mimicking GPO for sure
and other situations I hate failing pisses me off
I am building a login script portion that saves their profile
favorites and puts them in a hidden file on their mapped
drive that they are unaware of so they don't delete
it we have some real winners here at the CU you would
not believe how computer literate they are even though
I have taught them 100s of times.

leefdaddy

itdaddy wrote: »

I am building VM test environment that mimicks our domain
and I plan on using to test GPO you are right

I am just loaded with so much work but yep I am building
test domain on a machine at work I am building
and I am going use it as our test dummy yep
going to make it just like our domain for testing prior

it was my fault. I assumed and after I build my Test domain
on a machine at work I will be mimicking GPO for sure
and other situations I hate failing pisses me off
I am building a login script portion that saves their profile
favorites and puts them in a hidden file on their mapped
drive that they are unaware of so they don't delete
it we have some real winners here at the CU you would
not believe how computer literate they are even though
I have taught them 100s of times.

LOL, what are you on? Your posts always crack me up, but this one takes the cake...
You said 3 things like 45 times each, lol.

crrussell3

If you are already redirecting the users My Documents, why don't you redirect their Favorites along with it so it also gets backed up. Then when they do delete their favorites, get a new pc, new hdd, etc, the favorites are always there.

Just a suggestion....

itdaddy

crrussell3

yeah I can do that too.
I am not redirecting My Documents. they just have their own personal drive but your idea is good too. thanks
for the reply.

Leefdaddy

from one daddy to the next. i am on "get that stuff done 100 days ago your job is on the line" kind of thing. i am always in a hurry and write like crap to get my point across. sorry i sound like a moron. but life right now is rush and rush it sucks. but glad i could make you laugh.

leefdaddy

itdaddy wrote: »

crrussell3

yeah I can do that too.
I am not redirecting My Documents. they just have their own personal drive but your idea is good too. thanks
for the reply.

Leefdaddy

from one daddy to the next. i am on "get that stuff done 100 days ago your job is on the line" kind of thing. i am always in a hurry and write like crap to get my point across. sorry i sound like a moron. but life right now is rush and rush it sucks. but glad i could make you laugh.

LOL, I understand, no problem, keep up the good work. I would also recommend redirecting their My Documents, much safer that way, they don't have to remember to save to the network location. That way if a PC dies everything in their My Docs is backed up. You can implement it via Group Policy very easily.