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How do I keep windows update from changing the location of rediredcted folders

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My work computer is on a domain. I am running Windows XP Pro SP3. Because of the large size of &quotMy Pictures&quot folder I have redirected it to on of my local drives instead of letting it reside on our server (Windows 2003 SBS). I also have redirected &quotMy

Music&quot folder to a local drive, and &quotMy Favorites&quot folder to the server where &quotMy Documents&quot folder is also. This works fine with no problems most of the time. Somehow some, but not all, windows updates will change the location of &quotMy Pictures&quot folder to

the server. When this happens I know as soon as I login after reboot, because it will take approximately an hour before the computer becomes usable. The reason for this is that the folder is being moved (not copied) to the server over a 100 base-T ethernet

connection. My other redirected folders stay where they are suppose to be, just the &quotMy Pictures&quot folder gets moved. I have tried to find all registry entries that have to do with that folder location and have only found two, the ones that I changed originally

to redirect the folder in the first place. This happened for the 4th time when I allowed Windows Update to install the latest updates last night (2/13/13). This is becomming very annoying and time consumming because I have to move the folder back to the

local drive and reset the folder redirection, and the whole process takes about an hour, plus the hour lost after reboot. Help Please.

 

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