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Most Important Terminal Server Registry Keys and Values

Posted by Benny Tritsch on December 10, 2003 – updated on May 31, 2005

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Location of System and Special Folders

The location of system and special folders may be configured through HKLM \Software \Windows \Software \CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. This is important information if you want to redirect folders in order to reduce the size of user profiles.

Value Names	Data Types, Default Value	Description
Common AppData	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
Common Desktop	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
Common Documents	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
Common Favorites	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Favorites
Common Programs	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
Common Start Menu	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
Common Startup	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Common Templates	EXPAND_SZ	Default value: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates