Central storage location of User Settings and other user-specific information

In a user's session, the central storage location stores the file PWRUSER.ini and other user-specific information. User Settings files are stored in a sub-folder (\UserPref) of the central storage location.

The central storage location is defined on the Settings tab at Composition > User Settings, at Central storage location.

The default central storage location is the hidden folder \Personal Settings on the user's homedrive. Its location can be customized to:

• A mapped network drive letter and folder name.
• Any path in UNC format.

Environment variables from both Microsoft Windows and Workspace Control can be used. Always ensure that this path is unique per user, for example by including %username%. (Otherwise, files from multiple users could get mixed together in a single location.) Users need Full control permissions on the folder that is used as Cache location for their User Settings.

You can define different locations for different Workspace Models.

Locally cached User Settings files are synchronized to the central storage location automatically at the end of each session.

Support for a UNC path as central storage location was introduced in RES Workspace Manager 2012 SR1 and is not backwards compatible. Should you need to downgrade to a version prior to that, please first ensure that the central storage location refers to a folder on <homedrive> or on a mapped network drive letter.

Migration

When you change the location for Storage of user settings, the value set for Migration Settings (also at Composition > User Settings) determines what will happen to Workspace Control data currently stored in the original location.

Option	Effect
Ignore	The stored user settings data remains in the old location, but it is not used or updated. At their next logon, users will initially get the default settings. They will gradually build up a new set of data in the new location. Eventually, two sets of data will exist for each user, in both locations. In that situation, switching the storage location back to previous value results in a switch to the settings that are stored there.
Copy	The stored user settings data is copied to the new location and is used and updated from there. At their next logon, users get their customized settings as usual. The data also remains in the old location, but it is not used or updated there.
Move	The stored user settings data is moved to the new location and is used and updated from there. At their next logon, users get their customized settings as usual.

For the options Copy and Move to work as expected, please make sure that:

• Previous storage location is filled in correctly.
• The previous storage location is accessible to users at their next logon, until all stored user settings have been migrated.