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How To Share User Preferences Between Devices With Xamarin

I've been making Windows apps (C# / XAML), for a while, and there is a built-in RoamingSettings space so the app can share preferences across multiple Windows devices (using the same Microsoft Account). Since Xamarin can work across multiple…
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Permit Domain Admins access to roaming user profiles and redirected folders

I've started forcing myself to use PowerShell scripts for GPOs. I have updated GPOs to permit this but I'm seeking to allow Domain Admin access to userprofiles for existing roaming user profiles. icacls.exe \\sharedpath\user` profiles$\%username%.v2…
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Change location of HelpClient.cfg used for SQL Management Studio

Is it possible to change the location of %AppData%\Local\Microsoft\HelpLibrary\HelpClient.cfg to for example, c:\ssmshelp\HelpClient.cfg for all users? The profiles are not saved on my servers, so each time a user starts SQL Management Studio he…
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C#: Load roaming profile and execute program as user

In an application I need to execute other programs with another user's credentials. Currently I use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start to execute the program: public static Process Start( string fileName, string arguments, string userName, …
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Can p2 be used to manage customisable, roaming profiles for Eclipse RCP applications?

I have an Eclipse RCP application that I'd like to make available to end users using the p2 provisioning platform. The requirements for the provisioning of the application are as follows: Users need to be able to install additional features in…
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Mandatory Roaming Profiles caching

I'm in a Public library scenario and use roaming mandatory profiles locked down with group policies. If I do not set "Delete cached copies of roaming profiles" in the computer policy, the other policies I have applied do not work correctly (I can…
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Restore roaming profiles on Server 2008

Awhile back our Windows server 2008 Domain Controller crashed. It was restored by an outside IT company, but they did not restore everything they should have like roaming profiles. Clients still have the the Roaming folder in USERNAME\App Data…
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Removing User Profiles at the end of a year with Powershell, long name problem

I've been running into issues with deleting user profiles at the end of a school year. I do it by hand but I'm trying to automate as much as possible via Powershell. Admins have rights to all folders via GPO and folder settings, but I get a denied…
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Chrome bookmarks problem with Roaming profile

i have a strange problem :/ Here's the context : Roughly 30 PC clients on a domain (win 2012r2) Roaming profil activated via GPO Google Chrome for everybody Some of my users have a problem with their Bookmarks on Chrome, in fact, they multiply…
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Click once desktop application and roaming profiles

I hope someone can help me. I'm working on a desktop application, which uses the click once install and update logic. We've been using it for some time now without issues, but some of our clients are now using roaming profiles and this seems to…
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Are admins able to restrict usage of %AppData%?

Currently i have a VSTO Outlook addin that is using the default settings provider to manage configurations. All User configs are marked at Local scope and are thus saved under %LocalAppData%. I have a reason to change them to be Roaming (%AppData%)…
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Roaming user profiles password file location

I have one server and multiple client computers each running Windows 8, for each user there is a roaming user profile to access there profile from every client computer. It is also possible to login in an account even when there is no connection…
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Using Powershell to clean up orphan Active Directory user profile folders

The task seems trivial! A lot of users come and go in our environment. Every now and then I want to check for "orphan" roaming profile folders and get rid of them. My code works if the user name matches the folder name exactly but not for folders…
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Windows temporary file path to use when end-user has roaming profile and network access is problematic

I have a .NET WinForms application which uses a WebBrowser control. The application generates an html file to the users ApplicationData folder and then loads it into the WebBrowser control. This normally works fine, but there is a user that has…
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Outlook 2010 signatures profile dissapearing

I am working on a service desk/position, not too long though, and this morning when I logged in on my machine and on my company citrix machine I tried to reply from citrix and I suddenly realize that my signature profile has disapeared. When I…
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