Exclude profile folders from roaming...

Hi,

I use the following string in our domain's Default Domain GPO "Exclude
Directories in roaming profile":

%AppData%\Thunderbird; %AppData\Mozilla; %AppData%\Google;
%AppData%\Sun; %AppData%\Apple Computer; %AppData%\U3; %AppData%\Sony
Corporation; %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook; %AppData%\Adobe;
%AppData%\Installshield;

However it seems that these are all ignored, all users have still lots
of fresh huge data files in the server's profile folders for each user
despite this GPO.

I know there has been a limitation which prevents the above string to be
more than 260 chars long, but the data above is below that limit.

Anything else which may cause this policy to be ignored? Should I use
quotation marks?

regards jake

Jake <jake44@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use the following string in our domain's Default Domain GPO "Exclude
> Directories in roaming profile":
>
> %AppData%\Thunderbird; %AppData\Mozilla; %AppData%\Google;
> %AppData%\Sun; %AppData%\Apple Computer; %AppData%\U3; %AppData%\Sony
> Corporation; %AppData%\Microsoft\Outlook; %AppData%\Adobe;
> %AppData%\Installshield;
>
> However it seems that these are all ignored, all users have still lots
> of fresh huge data files in the server's profile folders for each user
> despite this GPO.
>
> I know there has been a limitation which prevents the above string to
> be more than 260 chars long, but the data above is below that limit.
>
> Anything else which may cause this policy to be ignored? Should I use
> quotation marks?
>
> regards jake

Yes, I think you need to use double quotes, as it's "Application Data".
Also, unless that's just a typo in here, you're missing the trailing % in
the Mozilla path one.
If possible, use folder redirection for application data (as well as My Docs
and Desktop). Keeping roaming profiles small really helps them work better -
but the users may well need those folders accessible on other machines if
they're to have their normal config there.

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] skreiv:

>
> Yes, I think you need to use double quotes, as it's "Application Data".
> Also, unless that's just a typo in here, you're missing the trailing % in
> the Mozilla path one.
> If possible, use folder redirection for application data (as well as My Docs
> and Desktop). Keeping roaming profiles small really helps them work better -
> but the users may well need those folders accessible on other machines if
> they're to have their normal config there.
>

I use %Appdata% as we have national names of these folders. The missing
trailing % was a typo.

I know it's better to redirect (will do later) but in any case I expect
this gpo to work and the question was why it does not work.

Won't the %Appdata% variable work in this setting...?

rgds jake

Jake <jake56@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] skreiv:
>
>>
>> Yes, I think you need to use double quotes, as it's "Application
>> Data". Also, unless that's just a typo in here, you're missing the
>> trailing % in the Mozilla path one.
>> If possible, use folder redirection for application data (as well as
>> My Docs and Desktop). Keeping roaming profiles small really helps
>> them work better - but the users may well need those folders
>> accessible on other machines if they're to have their normal config
>> there.
>
> I use %Appdata% as we have national names of these folders. The
> missing trailing % was a typo.
>
> I know it's better to redirect (will do later) but in any case I
> expect this gpo to work and the question was why it does not work.
>
> Won't the %Appdata% variable work in this setting...?
>
> rgds jake

Yes, but you need to put double quotes around the whole path. There *is* a
space in Application Data, which is what %appdata% points to.

You should check the event logs, and rsop.msc, to check for errors. The best
place for group policy questions is m.p.windows.server.group_policy.