Roaming Profile to act as a redirected folder? Dropbox in roaming profile is also causing slow login/logou

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As title, what I'm wondering to know is .. if the roaming profile with Windows 2008 R2 Server (I'm talking about V2 profile - Windows7/Windows8) can work as a redirected folder (it can be done with the Desktop, Contacts, Download, AppData, My Documents).

The roaming profile is copied at each login (server -> client) and at each logout (client -> server). This is causing slow login and logout for huge roaming profile. I can't stop the usage of roaming profile since the environment is a School with 1000 users. But I have big issues with users who populate the profile path (which is mapped on "User's File" under Windows7/8) with other stuff than the already redirected Desktop and My Document.

A typical problem is given by the Dropbox folder... Any solution?

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