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Disable Home Folders

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Disable Home Folders - Amazon AppStream 2.0

You can disable home folders for a stack without losing user content already stored in home folders. Disabling home folders for a stack has the following effects:

  • Users who are connected to active streaming sessions for the stack receive an error message. They are informed that they can no longer store content in their home folder.

  • Home folders do not appear for any new sessions that use the stack with home folders disabled.

  • Disabling home folders for one stack does not disable it for other stacks.

  • Even if home folders are disabled for all stacks, AppStream 2.0 does not delete the user content.

To restore access to home folders for the stack, enable home folders again by following the steps described earlier in this topic.

To disable home folders while creating a stack
To disable home folders for an existing stack
  1. Open the AppStream 2.0 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/appstream2.

  2. In the left navigation pane, choose Stacks, and select the stack.

  3. Below the stacks list, choose Storage and clear Enable Home Folders.

  4. In the Disable Home Folders dialog box, type CONFIRM (case-sensitive) to confirm your choice, then choose Disable.

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