Allow user profile registry hives and AppData from non-standard paths

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting controls whether user profile registry hives and AppData folder locations are allowed to accept non-standard path formats. If you enable this policy setting, user profile locations accept a wider range of file path formats. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, user profile locations accept only standard Windows folder paths. Note: Enabling this setting can expose the system to security risks. Enable it only if a specific application in your organization requires it, and only after evaluating all the risks for your environment.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
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• Computer
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  At least Windows 2000
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  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
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  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
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  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
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  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4