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Profile Path and Home Directory Path

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by lazybedstar23

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Hello,

I am trying to get a few users to pull their desktop and settings off a server (this is a workgroup), but i have a question.. what is a HOME DIRECTORY and how is it different from the profile directory? Also what is the local path of their current (default) home directory so i can see what is in it. I know profile path is c:\documents and settings\username but how about the home directory path?

Thanks,
Adam

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by cg it

are you asking what is a home folder vs a user profile?

IF so home folders are just like the My Documents folders. They can reside on a file server, local computer or a shared folder. It's a place users can store their personal stuff. It isn't part of a roaming profile so how big it gets doesn't affect network traffic.

Profile folders are where the network admin specifies that a user use that particular profile he/she has created for that user during logon. These can be manditory profiles, roaming profiles. These are not local computer profiles and usually reside on a hidden administrative share folder.

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