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It is an issue as there are some fifty or so users in the structure?
Combined with the shared folders, there are a hell of a lot files!!
It is because of the limitations of W9x I think?



A bigger limitation is your current design. It is simply going to make life difficult for you, so why not change it to something more sensible?

If you really, absolutley must have such a Heath Robinson structure, use something like DFS to present the share(s). You will still need to move the users folders though.

You will spend far more time trying to circumvent this problem and support it than you will in fixing it.