How can I save files in USERNAME\LOCAL SETTINGS\ when user logs of jeutix 12.07.2007 08:10:01 Hi We have an application which creates files in USERNAME\LOCAL SETTINGS\APPLICATION DATA to store informations about the printer the user use. We have roaming profiles in our environment. When the user logs off, the files in the directory mentioned are not replicated to the profile path, so when the user logs in again, he has to define the printer settings again. We have asked the vendor why this is so, but no answer right now. My question: Is it possible via GPO to include a directory in this path to replicate to the profile? Thanks for support! -- Greetings Udo MCSE / CCA

Re: How can I save files in USERNAME\LOCAL SETTINGS\ when user logs of "Rolf Lidvall" <no_direct_email[ at ]me> 12.07.2007 13:46:28 It works like this: The "Local Settings" folder is excluded from the Roaming Profile by default, I.E. it exists in (from the Deafult User profile template): HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "ExcludeProfileDirs" Local Settings;Temporary Internet Files;History;Temp (The reason "Local Settings" is excluded by default is that it can contain a HUGE amount of redundant files/folders and including that folder in the Roaming Profile could increase logon and logout times A LOT.) With standard Group Policies you can only ADD excluded folders to this default, not delete or change anything in the default settings (it is setting 510 on the "All" tab in the Group Policy Reference) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7821C32F-DA15-438D-8E48-45915CD2BC14&displaylang=en USER Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles "Exclude directories in roaming profile" Folders excluded with this GPO are written to: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] "ExcludeProfileDirs" (N.B this is NOT the same place in the registry as where the default settings are) Windows then merges these two registry keys and put the result in a file, in the Roaming Profile; ntuser.ini. It is in a human readable fomat; Unicode (it's also marked "hidden"). This is the file that the Roaming Profile process is reading when it determines which folders to exclude. One way you could try is to delete the "Local Settings" value (script) from the default and then in the GPO exclude all Local Settings\subfolders except Local Settings\Application Data I have not tried this myself and I'm not sure how well Windows handles subfolders in this GPO, but maybe it's worth a try. It's the only solution that comes to my mind. Regards Rolf Lidvall Swedish Radio (Ltd)