UPM – File Exclusion List

Citrix UPM has always been a solid lightweight profile management tool, and will probably continue to do so even with Citrix’s acquisition of Norskale, as Norskale is a policy rather than personalization tool.

However, with Windows 10, UPM really struggled, necessitating some hacks to unhook the Tile Data Model Server service so the Start Menu database could be copied. However, with the latest version of UPM and the 1607 update to Windows 10, things are looking better – as long as your UPM settings are configured correctly.

The settings for UPM that you need are detailed in this export from my UPM GPO in order to get it to work. Obviously, there are settings included in here that you may not want (streaming, share path, etc.) The main thrust you need are the inclusions and exclusions, which I’ve also reproduced below (obviously these are my entire set of exclusions not just for the Windows 10 OS!)

Citrix | Profile Management | File System | Exclusion list – directories

$Recycle.Bin
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger
AppData\Local\Sun
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote
AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files
AppData\Local\Temp
AppData\LocalLow
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\log
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment\tmp
AppData\Roaming\Sun\Java\Deployment
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\AppCache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\Icon Cache
AppData\Roaming\Citrix\PNAgent\ResourceCache
AppData\Roaming\ICAClient\Cache
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\macromedia.com\support\flashplayer\sys
AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Powerpoint
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\OfficeFileCache
AppData\Roaming\Dropbox
AppData\Local\Dropbox
Dropbox
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Dropbox
ShareFile
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\LiveContent
AppData\Local\Downloaded Installations
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache.old
AppData\Local\ATT Connect
AppData\Roaming\Sharefile\Outlook
AppData\Roaming\com.adobe.formscentral.FormsCentralForAcrobat
AppData\Local\Skype
AppData\Local\Assembly\dl3
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\UserData
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PriCache
AppData\Local\Packages
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Application Shortcuts
OneDrive
AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR-v4.0_32
AppData\Local\Microsoft\GameDVR
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Group Policy
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player
AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive
AppData\Local\Microsoft\PlayReady
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\1033
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Notifications
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Ringtones
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\RoamingTiles
AppData\Local\Comms

Citrix | Profile Management | Filesystem | Exclusion list – files

*thumb*.db
*icon*.db

Citrix | Profile Management | Filesystem | Synchronization | Directories to synchronize

AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SystemCertificates
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Credentials
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\ext
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\security

Citrix | Profile Management | Filesystem | Synchronization | Files to synchronize

AppData\Roaming\ShareFile\Outlook\log.txt
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.qat
AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI
AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel\Excel*.xlb
AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties
AppData\Roaming\ShareFile\Outlook\config.cfg
AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\vedatamodel.edb

In my testing, having these inclusions and exclusions configured allows the Windows 10 Start Menu, Start Tiles and all other settings to roam correctly, giving UPM (set up correctly!) a PASS.

Credit : https://www.htguk.com/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about_5/