Do not reinitialize a pre-existing roamed user profile when it is loaded on a machine for the first time
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > File Explorer
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows administrators who have configured roaming profile in conjunction with Delete Cached Roaming Profile Group Policy setting to ensure that Explorer will not reinitialize default program associations and other settings to default values. If you enable this policy setting on a machine that does not contain all programs installed in the same manner as it was on the machine on which the user had last logged on, unexpected behavior could occur.

Internal name
DisableRoamedProfileInit
Policy ID
3f7880108df3
Elements
0

Registry values

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ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableRoamedProfileInit
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableRoamedProfileInit
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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