Configuring Home Folders
A home folder is simply a default location that appears whenever a user selects the Open or Save As commands from a File menu within an application. In general, home folders help ensure that a user’s files are kept in one location. Home folders can be defined either as a local directory or as a network drive.
Home folders originated in Windows NT before there was a My Documents folder. The feature is still provided in Windows Server 2008 as an option for organizations to provide continuity to users who rely on the feature.
To configure a home folder for a user, perform the following general steps:
Create a parent folder on a server that will be used to store all users’ home folders.
Share the home folder with Full Control ...
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