Configure active write-back

Last published : Oct 12, 2026
To ensure profile integrity, you can back up files and folders that are modified on the local computer to the user store during a session, before logoff.
If you start a second session (at a second computer, for example), modifications made to a file in the first session are available in the second if it was started before you log off from the first.
  1. Under Profile Management, double-click Active write back.
  2. Select Enabled and click OK.
If Active write back is not configured in Group Policy objects and HDX™, the value from the .ini file is used. If this setting is not configured anywhere, Profile Management configures it dynamically.
For your changes to take effect, run the gpupdate /force command from the command prompt as documented at <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/gpupdate>.
Note:
Active write back for registry entries is disabled by default. You can enable this feature under Profile Management \> Active write back Registry when active write back has been enabled. If it is not configured in Group Policy objects and HDX, the value from the .ini file is used.