Prohibit User from manually redirecting Profile Folders
- Policy ID
- DisablePersonalDirChange
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows 2000
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Desktop
Description
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.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- DisablePersonalDirChange-