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Prohibit User from manually redirecting Profile Folders

Prevents users from changing the path to their profile folders. By default, a user can change the location of their individual profile folders like Documents, Music etc. by typing a new path in the Locations tab of the folder's Properties dialog box. If you enable this setting, users are unable to type a new location in the Target box.

Policy Details

Policy Name
DisablePersonalDirChange
Registry Key
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Value Name
DisablePersonalDirChange
Supported On
At least Windows 2000
OMA-URI (CSP)
Desktop/PreventUserRedirectionOfProfileFolders
OS Build Version:10.0.15063
CSP Version:5.0
Conflict Resolution:LastWrite
Allowed Editions:
EnterpriseEnterprise NProfessionalProfessional NEnterprise EvaluationEnterprise N EvaluationEducationEducation NEnterprise SEnterprise S NEnterprise S EvaluationEnterprise S N EvaluationPro Single LanguagePro ChinaPro WorkstationPro Workstation NPro For EducationPro For Education NEnterprisegEnterprisegnServerrdshIotenterpriseIotenterprisesCloudeditionnCloudeditionIotenterpriseskIotenterpriseseval
Available Languages
en-us

Supported Values

Simple Enabled/Disabled toggle controlling whether the value exists under the configured registry key.