User Profile Migration

migprofile.exe Command-Line Examples
The following example migrates all V1 user profiles under the \\file01\profiles folder to the same
location. V2 user profiles are created with .V2 appended to each user's root folder name. The utility takes
ownership of the user profiles during the migration:
migprofile.exe /s:\\file01\profiles\* /takeownership
The following example uses the migration settings that are specified in the migconfig.xml file:
migprofile.exe migconfig.xml
The following example migrates the V1 profile for the user ts115 on the computer devvm-winxp to the remote
path \\file01\profiles. The utility takes ownership of the user profiles during the migration:
migprofile.exe /s:\\devvm-winxp\c$\documents and settings\ts115
/t:\\file01\profiles\ /takeownership
Migration Configuration File
You can specify a migration configuration file as a command-line option with the profile migration
command. In the configuration file, you can specify settings such as the source and target profile locations,
which are passed to the profile migration utility at runtime.
The migration configuration file is optional. You can override settings that you specify in the configuration
file by typing the corresponding command-line options.
Migration Configuration File Format
The migration configuration file is in XML format, which makes the file easy to read, edit, and extend. For
definitions of the settings, see “Migration Configuration File Settings,” on page 11.
<migconfig takeownership="takeownership_value">
<!-- specify the source V1 profiles to be migrated -->
<source>
<!-- specify the location of user profiles to be migrated -->
<profilepath>source_profile_path</profilepath>
</source>
<!-- specify the target destination of converted V2 profiles -->
<target>
<profilepath>target_profile_path</profilepath>
</target>
<!-- specify other profile migration settings -->
<migration>
<!-- migration settings for profile folders and files -->
<profile>
<!-- by default, all top-level profile folders are included -->
<!-- except 'Cache', 'History', & 'Local AppData' -->
<includeolders>included_profile_folders</includefolders>
<excludefolders>excluded_profile_folders</excludefolders>
</profile>
<!-- migration settings for profile registry hive -->
<registry [disabled="1"]>
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