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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

 

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