Problem:
Trying to fine tune our Profile Captures. I have two issues.
1.) I am unable to filter out specific file types from the capture.
Even though I set specific filters for various file types such as *.wmv, *.avi, *.mp3, etc., these are still being captured.
2.) I am not able to find documentationt that lists all of the built-in variables that can be used in the configuration.
I know we can use the system variables like %username%, I also know there are built-in variables but I can not find a definitive list of what these varible names are.
Resolution:
Apparently, there is no provision to do any filtering of files or folders that are in the desktop folder. If desktop is selected for the profile capture it will capture any and all files and folders in the desktop folder, regardless of any filters set.
Apparently you can filter all other folders in the profile, just not the desktop.
As a workaround I have built a script that searches for user added files and folders in the desktop folder, (everything except shortcuts). The script moves all of these to the local ?My Documents? folder, for that profile, then places shortcuts in the desktop folder to the moved items.
From there, I can filter out what I do not want to include in the profile capture, things like pictures, music, other multimedia files, etc.."