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Customized Files that Must be Deployed to Specific Locations

Reflection looks for the following custom files in specific locations. Be sure to deploy these files to the following locations.

For a list of other customized files that you can deploy and other files supported by Reflection, see Other Customized Files and Supported Files from Other Products.

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The default values for the [AppDataFolder], [PersonalFolder], and [CommonAppDataFolder] Reflection properties referenced in the following table are:

[AppDataFolder]: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming

[PersonalFolder]: C:\Users\username\Documents

[CommonAppDataFolder]: C:\ProgramData

Workspace Settings

Deploy these files To these folders
Customized workspace settings

Application.settings

Update.settings
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0
Customized information privacy settings

PrivacyFilters.xml (includes all Privacy Filter settings)

PCIDSS.settings (includes all other Information Privacy settings)
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0
Customized (or minimized) ribbon

frame.settings
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0
Customized Quick Access toolbar

Application.settings

frame.settings

Reflection2007.Application.Ribbon.xuml
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0
Restricted feature settings

.access
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0
User templates

.rsft
For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0\templates

Shared Security Settings

File Type Deployment location
Secure Shell settings Global

ssh_config

ssh_known_hosts

User-specific

config

known_hosts
Note that the global filenames are different than the user-specific filenames, although the content may be the same.

For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

For the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\.ssh
Reflection Trusted Certificate Authorities trust_store.p12 For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\.pki

For the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\.pki
Reflection Certificate Manager settings pki_config For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\.pki

For the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\.pki
Kerberos settings rsckrb5.xml Settings in this location are migrated to the Windows registry for each Windows user the first time the user runs Kerberos Manager or any Reflection client configured to use Reflection Kerberos.

For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

For the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

Reflection FTP Client Settings

File Type Deployment location
rftp.xml Settings in the .xml settings file are migrated to a settings.rfw file for each user the first time the user runs the FTP Client. Note: You can also use Modify User Settings to deploy FTP Client settings. For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

For the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection
settings.rfw For the user who installs

The default user folder is [PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

Regular Session Document Files, Update Files, and Session Settings

Deploy these files To these folders
Session document files

.rdox

.rd3x

.rd5x

.urlx

.rd6x

.rp3x

.rp5x
Regular session document files and session settings files are installed under the location that is defined as the user data directory. The following locations are based on the default location of this directory:

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

For only the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection
Session Update files

.rdoxu

.rd3xu

.rd5xu

.rd6xu

.rp3xu

.rp5xu
Reflection looks for Session Update files with the special "Update" name in the user data directory. The following locations are based on the default location of this directory:

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

Layout file

.rwsp
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection
Keyboard map

.xkb
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Keyboard Maps
Mouse map

.xmm
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Mouse Maps
Hotspots

.xhs
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Hotspots Maps
Custom Ribbon Interfaces

.xuml
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\CustomUI
Themes

.themex
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Themes
Quickpads

.rqpx
[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\QuickPads

Custom Office Productivity Templates

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Word and PowerPoint templates

.dotx

.ppt

For only the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection

Plus Archives

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Plus archive

.rdar

For only the user who installs

[PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Plus\Rules

VBA SharedMacros Files and the VBA Common Project

Deploy these files To these folders
Shared macros files

sharedmacros.rd3x

sharedmacros.rd5x

sharedmacros.rdox

For only the user who installs

The location that is defined as the user data directory. The default location is [PersonalFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection
VBA Macros in the Common project

vbaProject.bin
For all users

[CommonAppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0

For only the user who installs

[AppDataFolder]\Micro Focus\Reflection\Desktop\v18.0