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Changing the default location for documents and settings for Terminal Server Users

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There is a registry setting which you may do in order to change the default location of Documents and Settings for Terminal Users. If you want that the profiles created by TS users should not appear on default location rather they should appear somewhere else, make the below changes to happen.

These steps need to be run on the server where your default profiles are being created.

 

  1. Open REGEDIT from START->RUN
  2. Change the value for the registry string value "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNTCurrentVersion\ProfileList\ProfilesDirectory"
  3. From Default value = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings" to New Value = "DriveLetter\Documents and Settings" For example F:\Profiles
  4. Restart the server

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  • Anonymous
    August 04, 2008
    Thank you for solution! Just one note. This solution works only for newly created profiles. For each existing account the profile path in registry settings also must be updated.

  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2012
    thanks! how can I do that? how can I update this registry setting for all already existing users?