what is the real different of local vs roamable support fles?

[samifox]

usuing acad 2010. im trying to understand what is the real different of local vs roamable support fles?

thanks

Shay

[jammie]

My experience is that roamable folders are generally backed up on the server whereas local folders are ignored. That means if you log onto another machine, files in your roamable profile are downloaded on the new machine and are available. However, files in the local folder won't be available as they are not backed up. Others may have a different setup but thats my understanding of it

 

Regards

 

Jammie

[samifox]

in the Customization guide that what they said : " Beginning with AutoCAD 2004, the location of some of your customized files has changed. The reasons for the file location changes include the following:

 

■ Limited user rights on a workstation. You can run AutoCAD as a limited user. This means that you no longer need power user or Administrator permissions to run AutoCAD once it is installed.

 

■ Roaming profiles. Roaming profiles allow you to log on to any computer within a network and retain your user settings. Some files, such as your personal settings and documents, follow you from computer to computer, while other files, such as templates (including Publish to Web templates), reside only on your system.

If roaming profiles are allowed on your network, your “roamable" files are located in the \Application Data\Autodesk\ folder, and your “nonroamable" files are located in the \Local Settings\Application Data\Autodesk\ folder.

 

i just wonder why the templates are located on the local version and not in the roamable version?