The copies of the PowerCLI_settings.xml file on your system contain User and AllUsers settings for vSphere PowerCLI.
Installing vSphere PowerCLI creates two copies of PowerCLI_settings.xml on your system. The version of your Windows operating system determines the location of the copies of PowerCLI_settings.xml.
Location of the Copies of PowerCLI_settings.xml
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Windows Vista and later
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%APPDATA%\VMWare\PowerCLI
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Contains settings for the current Windows user only.
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%SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData\VMware\PowerCLI
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Contains settings for all users.
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Earlier Windows versions
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%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\VMware\PowerCLI
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Contains settings for the current Windows user only.
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%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\PowerCLI
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Contains settings for all users.
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Users with advanced knowledge and understanding of Windows PowerShell and VMware vSphere PowerCLI can manually modify the contents of PowerCLI_settings.xml to change vSphere PowerCLI settings. Modifying PowerCLI_settings.xml might require administrator privileges.
Note
If you modify the contents of PowerCLI_settings.xml manually while vSphere PowerCLI is running, you need to restart vSphere PowerCLI for the changes to take effect.