Leave Windows Installer and Group Policy Software Installation Data

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2003, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

This policy setting determines whether the system retains a roaming user's Windows Installer and Group Policy based software installation data on their profile deletion. By default Windows deletes all information related to a roaming user (which includes the user's settings, data, Windows Installer related data, and the like) when their profile is deleted. As a result, the next time a roaming user whose profile was previously deleted on that client logs on, they will need to reinstall all apps published via policy at logon increasing logon time. You can use this policy setting to change this behavior. If you enable this policy setting, Windows will not delete Windows Installer or Group Policy software installation data for roaming users when profiles are deleted from the machine. This will improve the performance of Group Policy based Software Installation during user logon when a user profile is deleted and that user subsequently logs on to the machine. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows will delete the entire profile for roaming users, including the Windows Installer and Group Policy software installation data when those profiles are deleted. Note: If this policy setting is enabled for a machine, local administrator action is required to remove the Windows Installer or Group Policy software installation data stored in the registry and file system of roaming users' profiles on the machine.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Add the Administrators security group to roaming user profiles

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional
• User
  Connect home directory to root of the share

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• Computer
  Control slow network connection timeout for user profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Delete cached copies of roaming profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Delete user profiles older than a specified number of days on system restart

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Disable detection of slow network connections

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders

  At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems, Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1, or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
• Computer
  Do not forcefully unload the users registry at user logoff

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Do not log users on with temporary profiles

  At least Windows 2000
• Computer
  Download roaming profiles on primary computers only

  At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT
• Computer
  Establish timeout value for dialog boxes

  Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
• User
  Exclude directories in roaming profile

  At least Windows 2000