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5-28 Chapter 5 Configuring Windows XP Professional<br />

Where Local User Profiles Are Stored<br />

Windows stores local user profiles in the Documents And Settings folder hierarchy on<br />

the %systemroot% drive. When a user logs on to a Windows XP system for the first<br />

time, Windows creates a folder in Documents And Settings that matches the user’s user<br />

name. Within each user profile, several files and folders contain configuration information<br />

and data. These files and folders include the following:<br />

■ Application Data Contains application configuration information. Applications<br />

that are Windows XP–aware can take advantage of this folder to store user-specific<br />

configuration settings. This folder is hidden.<br />

■ Cookies Contains cookie files, which Web sites usually create to store user<br />

information and preferences on the local system. When you return to a site, the<br />

cookie files allow the site to provide you with customized content and track your<br />

activity within the site.<br />

■ Desktop Contains files, folders, and shortcuts that have been placed on the<br />

Windows XP desktop.<br />

■ Favorites Used to store shortcuts to locations that a user has added to the Favorites<br />

list in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer.<br />

■ Local Settings Holds application data, history, and temporary files (including<br />

temporary Internet files). This folder is hidden.<br />

■ My Documents Used to store documents and other user data. My Documents is<br />

easily accessible from the Start menu.<br />

■ My Recent Documents Contains shortcuts to recently accessed documents and<br />

folders. You can also access My Recent Documents from the Start Menu. This<br />

folder is hidden.<br />

■ NetHood Holds shortcuts created by the Add Network Place option in My Network<br />

Places. This folder is hidden.<br />

■ PrintHood Contains shortcuts to printer folder items. This folder is hidden.<br />

■ SendTo Contains shortcuts to document-handling utilities, such as e-mail applications.<br />

These shortcuts are displayed on the Send To option on the action menu<br />

for files and folders. This folder is hidden.<br />

■ Start Menu Holds the shortcuts to programs that are displayed in the Start<br />

menu. One way to modify the Start Menu is to add or delete folders and shortcuts<br />

to the Start Menu folder within a user’s profile folder.<br />

■ Templates Contains template items. Created by user applications and are used<br />

by those applications when a user creates a new document. This folder is hidden.<br />

■ NTUSER.DAT The user-specific portion of the Registry. This file contains configuration<br />

changes made to Windows Explorer and the taskbar, as well as user-specific

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