Hi Folks,
I'm trying to both unpick a setup from a predecessor and also resolve an issue where Office 2013 is filling up storage with template files.
Currently we have folder redirection switched on for AppData(Roaming) where we redirect everyone's folder to the same location, which happens to be a network share path using %username% (e.g. \\netshare\%username%\Application Data). We also have 'exclude directories in roaming profile' configured, and currently it has a number of AppData\Roaming subdirectories configured.
My understanding of this is that where an application or program developer has chosen to store data via the %USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming variable, it will get stored on the C drive, and eventually get copied up to a seperate home we have for our .V2 profiles (these are Windows 7 machines). This is unless it is excluded from the roaming profile via group policy. If an application or program developer has elected to use the %APPDATA% variable, it will picked up by the AppData(Roaming) folder redirect and get stored on our share. Also in this second scenario, the 'exclude from roaming profile' have no impact.
The issue we have currently is that for every user, Office 2013 appears to be dumping default template files in \\netshare\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\ which, although 40MB is adding up for every single user. We're trying to look for ways of stopping these files from getting dumped there, but most of the solutions online revolve around excluding from the roaming profile - which we did try - but doesn't work. We've tried amending HKCU reg keys for OnlineContent and Templates, but again, the files remain.
Is my understanding of how Roaming Profile Directory Exclusion works for AppData\Roaming where it is folder redirected correct (e.g. that in essence you lose this exclusion functionality if the content is getting redirected to your net share)?
Cheers for any thoughts!
