This topic describes how to use junctions with containers created on the Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 platform.

For backward compatibility to applications that use the hard-coded path \Documents and Settings, you can use a junction to redirect \Documents and Settings to \Users instead of resolving the user settings location using environment variables or the registry entry.

For example:

Creating Containers

A container that is created in Windows 2008 R2 may have the folder \Users\<UserName> and it may or may not have the Documents and Settings junction.

There are also junctions under \Users\<UserName>\, which may be copied into the container during creation.

Docking Containers

When docking a container in Windows 2008 R2, if the \Documents and Settings folder does not exist in the container, VirtaMove creates a junction to point to \Users. For example:

Undocking Containers

When undocking a container in Windows 2008 R2, if the \Documents and Settings junction exists in the container, it is removed. The junction is recreated the next time the container is docked. Note that if \Documents and Settings is a regular folder, it will not be removed.

Moving Containers

Junctions that are created during container creation are relative to the container’s location. Therefore, a junction will become invalid if the container is moved to a different location. For example, if the C:\Appliances\useradmin appliance is moved to D:\Appliances\useradmin.