Prohibit User from manually redirecting Profile Folders

Prevents users from changing the path to their profile folders.

By default, a user can change the location of their individual profile folders like Documents, Music etc. by typing a new path in the Locations tab of the folder's Properties dialog box.

If you enable this setting, users are unable to type a new location in the Target box.

Supported on: At least Windows 2000

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value NameDisablePersonalDirChange
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

desktop.admx

Administrative Templates (Computers)

Administrative Templates (Users)