User Settings Filter

The User Settings Filter dialog box specifies a set of system settings and application settings. The user settings filter is applied to a managed machine to create a backup of all selected settings for all local user accounts on that machine.

Note: Three predefined settings filters are provided for you that you can use immediately: Full, Minimal and Typical. These predefined filter cannot be modified.

Note: When restoring you have the option selecting which local user accounts to restore and which settings to restore. If a target machine doesn't use a particular setting, the setting is ignored during restore.

Note: Local user accounts are stored as domain\user. When migrating local user accounts to a new machine, the local user accounts can be remapped to a new domain.

Filter Name

Enter a name or change the name of this user settings filter.

Share...

Click Share... to share this user settings filter with other users or user roles.

System Settings

Check each system setting you want to include in the backup.

Application Settings

Check each application setting you want to include in the backup.

Files

Include or exclude files. Include or exclude directories. Include or exclude types of files by file extension. Exclusions override inclusions. For example: .doc .ppt .xls

Enter a % character as the first character to display a list of variables you can use to specify a file or directory. Variables include:

`%AppData%`	Per User	The user-specific AppData directory
`%ApplicationData%`	Per User	The user-specific AppData directory
`%CommonApplicationData%`	Per Machine	The All User's AppData directory
`%CommonDesktop%`	Per Machine	The All User's Desktop directory
`%CommonDocuments%`	Per Machine	The All User's Documents directory
`%CommonProgramFiles%`	Per Machine	The All User's Common Files directory
`%CommonStartMenu%`	Per Machine	The All User's Start Menu items directory
`%ComputerName%`	Per Machine	The name of the computer. On domain, the qualified name
`%Desktop%`	Per User	The user-specific Desktop directory
`%Favorites%`	Per User	The user's favorites are stored in this directory
`%History%`	Per User	Where to find the user's Internet Explorer browser history
`%LocalApplicationData%`	Per User	The user-specific Local AppData directory. These settings are not moved in a roaming profile.
`%MyMusic%`	Per User	The user's "My Music" directory
`%MyPictures%`	Per User	The user's "My Pictures" directory
`%MyDocuments%`	Per User	The user's "My Documents" directory
`%Personal%`	Per User	The user's "My Documents" directory
`%Profiles%`	Per Machine	Where the system keeps user directories
`%Programs%`	Per User	The user's Start Menu programs
`%ProgramFiles%`	Per Machine	Where the system keeps its programs
`%QuickLaunch%`	Per User	The user's Quick Launch programs
`%System%`	Per Machine	Where the system files are installed
`%UserName%`	Per User	The user's login name (not their full name)
`%UserProfile%`	Per User	The user's "Profile" or "Home" directory.
`%WinDir%`	Per Machine	Where Windows is installed

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