I noticed the other day on my work Windows XP workstation that the My Documents, My Pictures and My Music icons were not the customised ones but instead the basic yellow folder icons.

To resolve this issue, use the following method:

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type:
   rundll32 mydocs.dll,PerUserInit
2. Click OK.

Note: The command line parameter is case-sensitive, and the command has no return value. The user will not be notified if the command has successfully executed or not.

This command also restores the missing My Documents shortcut in the Send To menu.

There is a known issue that if you use a non-BMP wallpaper, for example a .jpg (jpeg), in a roaming profile using Microsoft Windows, it will not roam with the user.  To resolve this I created a script that when used as a logoff script, it will enable the wallpaper to roam.

MoveJPGWallpaper.vbs

Further to this I would highly recommend that you implement the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service which is a free download from Microsoft.com.  The User Profile Hive Cleanup service helps to ensure user sessions are completely terminated when a user logs off. System processes and applications occasionally maintain connections to registry keys in the user profile after a user logs off. In those cases the user session is prevented from completely ending. This can result in problems when using Roaming User Profiles in a server environment or when using locked profiles as implemented through the Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP.

I would also recommend that you use the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) as this will give you a far greater level of control over your GPO’s.