User`s guide
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Windows 
Full path 
Point to the folders and files to be backed up. If you specified a path to a file or folder explicitly, the 
policy will back up this item on each machine where this exact path will be found. 
To include  In the Files and folders 
column, type or select: 
File Text.doc in folder 
D:\Work 
D:\Work\Text.doc 
Folder C:\Windows  C:\Windows 
Environment variables 
Some environment variables point to Windows folders. Using such variables instead of full folder and 
file paths ensures that proper Windows folders are backed up regardless of where Windows is 
located on a particular machine. 
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column, type or select 
Comments 
Program Files folder  %PROGRAMFILES%  Points to the Program Files folder (for example, 
C:\Program Files)  
Windows folder  %WINDIR%  Points to the folder where Windows is located (for 
example, C:\Windows) 
Common data for all user 
profiles 
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%  Points to the folder where the common data of all 
user profiles is located (typically, C:\Documents and 
Settings\All Users in Windows XP and 
C:\ProgramData in Windows Vista) 
You can use other environment variables or a combination of environment variables and text. For 
example, to refer to the Acronis folder in the machines' Program Files folder, type: 
%PROGRAMFILES%\Acronis 
Templates 
Templates are similar to environment variables, but are already pre-customized.  
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column, type or select: 
Comments 
All files on all volumes on 
a machine 
[All Files]  Points to all files on all volumes of the machine. 
All user profiles existing 
on a machine 
[All Profiles Folder]  Points to the folder where all user profiles are 
located (typically, C:\Documents and Settings in 
Windows XP, and C:\Users in Windows Vista). 
Linux 
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