Exclusions policy settings
This section describes policy settings for configuring which files and directories in a users profile are excluded from the synchronization process.
Exclusion list - files
List of files that are ignored during synchronization. File names must be paths relative to the user profile (%USERPROFILE%). Wildcards are supported in file names and in folder names, but only wildcards in file names are applied recursively.
Examples:
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Desktop\Desktop.iniignores the fileDesktop.iniin theDesktopfolder -
%USERPROFILE%\*.tmpignores all files with the extension.tmpin the entire profile -
AppData\Roaming\MyApp\*.tmpignores all files with the extension.tmpin one part of the profile -
Downloads\*\a.txtignoresa.txtin any immediate subfolder of theDownloadsfolder.
If this policy is disabled, no files are excluded. If this policy is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used. If this policy is not configured here or in the .ini file, no files are excluded.
Enable Default Exclusion List - directories
Default list of directories ignored during synchronization. Use this policy to specify GPO exclusion directories without having to fill them in manually.
If you disable this policy, Profile Management does not exclude any directories by default.
If you do not configure this policy here, Profile Management uses the value from the .ini file. If you do not configure this policy here or in the .ini file, Profile Management does not exclude any directories by default.
Exclusion list - directories
List of folders that are ignored during synchronization. Folder names must be specified as paths relative to the user profile (%USERPROFILE%). Wildcards in folder names are supported but are not applied recursively.
Example:
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Desktopignores theDesktopfolder in the user profile
If this policy is disabled, no folders are excluded. If this policy is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used. If this policy is not configured here or in the .ini file, no folders are excluded.
Logon Exclusion Check
This setting configures what Profile Management does if a profile in the user store contains excluded files or folders.
If this setting is disabled or set to the default value of “Synchronize excluded files or folders on logon,” Profile Management synchronizes excluded files or folders from the user store to the local profile when a user logs on.
If this setting is set to “Ignore excluded files or folders on logon,” Profile Management ignores the excluded files or folders in the user store when a user logs on.
If this setting is set to “Delete excluded files or folder on logon,” Profile Management deletes the excluded files or folders in the user store when a user logs on.
If this setting is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used.
If this setting is not configured here or in the .ini file, the excluded files or folders are synchronized from the user store to a local profile when a user logs on.
Large File Handling - Files to be created as symbolic links
To improve logon performance and to process large-size files, Profile Management creates a symbolic link instead of copying files in this list.
You can use wildcards in policies that refer to files; for example, !ctx_localappdata!\Microsoft\Outlook\*.OST.
To process the offline folder file (*.ost) of Microsoft Outlook, make sure that the Outlook folder is not excluded for Profile Management.
Those files cannot be accessed in multiple sessions simultaneously.