Exclude directories in roaming profile

Lets you add to the list of folders excluded from the user's roaming profile.

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

By default, the Appdata\Local and Appdata\LocalLow folders and all their subfolders like the History, Temp, and Temporary Internet Files folders are excluded from the user's roaming profile.

Note: In operating systems earlier than Microsoft Windows Vista, only the Histroy, Local Settings, Temp, and Temporary Internet Files folders are excluded from the user's roaming profile by default.

If you enable this setting, you can exclude additional folders.

If you disable this setting or do not configure it, only the default folders are excluded.

Note: You cannot use this setting to include the default folders in a roaming user profile.

Supported on: At least Windows 2000

Prevent the following directories from roaming with the profile:

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Value NameExcludeProfileDirs
Value TypeREG_SZ
Default Value

You can enter multiple directory names, semi-colon separated,

all relative to the root of the user's profile


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