Several user environment settings support a Run once option, ensuring the setting is applied only a single time when configured for a specific file. The DEM agent keeps track of these "run-once" settings using flag files stored in a subfolder within each user's profile archive folder. Before applying such a setting, the DEM agent checks if the corresponding flag file already exists.
- If the file exists, the setting is skipped.
- If the file does not exist, the setting is applied, and the flag file is created.
When using a local Windows user profile, the flag file name contains the computer name where the setting was applied, effectively turning this into "run once per computer". This behaviour might not align in certain scenarios, particularly with floating VDI desktop assignments, where a user receives a different virtual machine with a different machine name with each logon. In such scenarios, enabling the advanced policy setting Ignore computer name for run-once flag files allows the DEM agent to check if any flag file exists for a user environment setting, regardless of the computer name.
For more information about the Ignore computer name for run-once flag files setting, see Dynamic Environment Manager FlexEngine Group Policy Object Advanced Configuration Settings.
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