AutoCAD on Citrix – Folder Redirection and Virtual Desktops

[MarkSanchezSPEC]

We have installed AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 on Citrix Virtual Desktops (version 1903). As part of this, we are using folder redirection to store the contents of the Windows “AppData\Roaming” folders for the individual user profiles. This contains standard AutoCAD files along with many of our own custom files. We have confirmed that the redirection is taking place as evidenced inside the OPTIONS “Files” tab, where paths that are normally listed as:

 “C:\Users\LOGIN\AppData\Roaming\...”

Are now resolved to: \\OURSERVER\Citrix_Folder-Redirections\LOGIN\AppData\Roaming\...

What I wanted to ask about are the files stored in the “C:\Users\LOGIN\AppData\Local\...” folder. Specifically the AutoCAD-specific files stored here, and more specifically, the Template (dwt) files. In our installations of Civil 3D, template files are installed under a path like: “C:\Users\LOGIN\AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D 20xx\enu\Template”. We typically store our custom template files here too. We are not currently using folder redirection on the “AppData\Local” folders.

My question is, do we need to add a “folder and file inclusion list” for the DWT files located here (as per https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2012/02/11/citrix-profile-management-and-vdi-doing-it-right/)? Something like:

"AppData\Local\Autodesk\C3D 2018\enu\Template\AutoCAD Template\*.dwt"

Regards,

Mark Sanchez

SPEC Services, Inc.

Fountain Valley CA USA

[natasha.l]

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