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FolderLocations

Updated: August 1, 2012

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista

The FolderLocations setting specifies the location of the user-profile and program-data folders.

Important
For a list of known issues with the `FolderLocations` setting, see Description of known issues with the FolderLocation settings.

Specifies the path to the user profile folder.

Specifies the path to the program-data folder.

Warning
Use this setting only in a test environment. If you change the default location of the program-data folders to a volume other than the system volume, you cannot service your image. Any updates, fixes, or service packs may not be applied to the installation.

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For a list of the Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

The following XML example shows how to set the paths to folder locations.

<FolderLocations>
   <ProfilesDirectory>%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Profiles</ProfilesDirectory>
</FolderLocations>

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