ExcludeProfileDirs

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

Description

Excludes additional folders from the user's roaming profile.

By default, the History, Local Settings, Temp, and Temporary Internet Files folders are excluded from the user's roaming profile. The folders specified in the value of this entry are excluded in addition to the default excluded folders.

This entry stores the setting of the Exclude directories in roaming profile Group Policy. Group Policy adds this entry to the registry when you enable the Exclude directories in roaming profile policy. If you disable the policy or set it to Not configured, Group Policy deletes the entry from the registry

This entry lets you exclude folders that are normally included in the user's profile. As a result, these folders need not be stored by the network server on which the profile resides, and do not follow users to other computers.

Change method

To change the value of this entry, use Group Policy. This entry corresponds to the Exclude directories in roaming profile policy (User Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Logon/Logoff).

Note

You cannot use this entry to include the folders that are excluded by default.

Tip

For detailed information about particular Group Policy settings, see the Group Policy Reference (Gp.chm) on the Windows 2000 Resource Kit companion CD.

For general information about Group Policy, see Group Policy in Windows 2000 Help.

To see a table associating policies with their corresponding registry entries, see the Group Policy Reference Table.