This article contains instructions to save the toolbar customization on the User Profile Manager (UPM) store.

Background

By default, UPM does not save Microsoft Office User Interface settings, such as Toolbar. The reason for this is that by default UPM has exclusion for the AppData folder of the user profile. Microsoft Office saves all these type of settings in the same location. This article provides information on how to add these settings to the UPM profile, so the settings are available to all servers that the user logs on.

• Microsoft Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

• Microsoft Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office

Instructions

To save the toolbar customization on the UPM store, complete the following steps:

1. Enable the following option at different locations.

   1. Enable the Allow roaming of all user customizations option in the Office Customization Tool, to add the setting to the Office installation.
      

   2. If the option is not enabled during installation, then enable the Allow roaming of all user customizations option by using the registry.
      Caution! Refer to the Disclaimer at the end of this article before using Registry Editor.
      Modify the following registry setting:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\Toolbars
      Value: CustomUIRoaming
      Type: DWORD
      Data: 1
      Note: This registry setting is a user registry. Therefore, you must modify the settings for each user and its profile that log on to the server. A logon script is a good method to apply the change to multiple servers.

   3. ​The setting can also be changed through an Active Directory Group Policy.

      • The policy is available with the Office 2010 Administrative Template (*.adm). The template can be downloaded from Office 2010 Administrative Template (Microsoft).

      • Create a new policy in Active Directory; ensure the policy applies to the correct users that require this setting.

      • Open the Group Policy and browse to User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Microsoft Office 2010 > Global Options > Customize.

      • In the folder locate and enable the option Allow roaming of all user customizations.

2. Open Group Policy Management Editor. 

3. Expand the Policies > Administrative Templates > Citrix > Profile Management > File System > Synchronization.

4. Double-click Files to synchronize.
   

5. Select the Enabled option in the Files to synchronize window.

6. Click Show, as shown in the following screen shot:
   

7. Type the path AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI in the Show Contents window, as shown in the preceding screen shot.
   Note: Type the path Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\*.officeUI, if the server is installed with Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP.

8. Click OK.

9. Restart the server to update the settings, or run the gpupdate/force command.

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