User Profile Disks - User registry data

In Server 2012 standard (not R2)
 using RD
 in Session Collection
 and in the "User Profile Disks" tab
 I have ticked “Enable user profile disks”
If I select the second radar-button
"Store only the following folders on the user profile disk"
What is the effect of ticking "User registry data" ?
What is the result in the template.vhdx ?
and when a new user logs in
Is all the user registry "moved" to the UPD user .vhdx file where it is then maintained
or
Is a folder re-direction preserved in the UPD and the registry data still updated in its original location ?

Hi,
Thank you for your posting in Windows Server Forum.
During first logon, a virtual disk (VHDX) is created from a template disk. This VHDX is attached to the virtual machine or RD Session Host server that the user is logging on to. The profile service is then notified to use this VHDX as the location for the user’s
profile. When the user logs off, the VHDX is then detached from the virtual machine.
By default, the entire user’s profile is stored on the user profile disk. This includes the Documents folder, the user’s registry hive (holds application and Windows settings), and much more.
On subsequent logons to the collection, the VHDX is remounted to whatever virtual machine or RD Session Host server the user is logging on to. The user then has access to everything in his or her profile, even if this is a different virtual machine, or if the
virtual machine has been rolled back to a clean state between logons.
For more information, please check beneath article.
Easier User Data Management with User Profile Disks in Windows Server 2012
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2012/11/13/easier-user-data-management-with-user-profile-disks-in-windows-server-2012.aspx
Working with User Profile Disks on Session-Based Desktop Deployments
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/vdi-articles/general/working-with-user-profile-disks-on-session-based-desktop-deployments.html
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh

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