No it is definitely Adobe. I am an expert on profiles.

It has nothing to do with Windows and everything to do with the location Flash designates as the local storage.

For a decade Flash has used AppData Roaming. Now it uses Local which means in a network environment all local settings are deleted on logoff.

Most people who run Flash don't run it at the level that I do. They have it on their home computers or work computers with local profiles with one computer designaged to one person.

I have a 500 site license with users roaming all over so there is no local profiles.

I am not the only one with this issue. It is documented. Adobe just refused to fix which is very typical of them.

With Flash CS3 it stored it in the AppData\Roaming. In fact ALL the Adobe products still do, except Flash.

Here is the documentation on where they have designated the Preferences to save. Note the "local settings" for XP and the Local for Windows 7.

Kind of very dumb because the Local Settings deletes on logoff..

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/520/cpsid_52048.html

Save custom settings (optional)

To save custom commands and other settings, create a copy of this folder:

CS5.5

• Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS5.5\<language>\
• Windows Vista & Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Flash CS5.5\<language>\

CS5

• Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS5\<language>\
• Windows Vista & Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Flash CS5\<language>\

CS4

• Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Adobe\Flash CS4\<language>\
• Windows Vista & Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Adobe\Flash CS4\<language>\

That is the nature of Domains. Roaming profiles roam between machines. The profile is stored on the server and downloaded to the machine every time they login. When they logoff the profile is copied back up to the server and the profile is deleted off the local machine.

The "local settings" folder is a windows folder created on logon and used as a temporary dumping ground for stuff like temporary internet files and basically all the useless garbage you don't want to keep on your network.

No REAL properly designed programs store anything except temporary stuff in the Local Settings folder because it never gets copied back up to the server, and instead gets deleted.

That is the issue I have with Adobe. They have put Flash settings that only save in the Local Settings so even in a Domain where users have modifiable profiles, the settings get deleted whenever they logoff.

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Carey Burgess wrote:

 

Hi lallsopp,

 

Thanks for your feedback on this. I can see how this storage location could be problematic for some users that have roaming profiles.

 

Please let our development team know directly that this is a problem for you:

 

http://adobe.ly/FLwish

 

In your submission, be sure to include details as to why this is negatively impacting you and/or include a link to this forum thread.

Thank you Carey. I have reported it.

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Justin Putney wrote:

 

I've written a script that may serve as a temporary hotfix for some situtations:

http://ajarproductions.com/blog/2011/09/01/script-backup-and-restore-f lash-pro-config-files/

Well that was very nice of you =). I have a simple logon script that copies the files up and down to the server on logon and logoff but I will look at this. Thanks.