Windows 10: Dell's recovery software saved my backup to a USMT migration store folder. Is there a...

I purchased a Dell XPS 15 9530 in January of 2024 from Dell. I recently attempted to change my local account sign-in password and was arbitrarily rerouted to a previous local account from the Surface pro notebook that I owned prior to this laptop. That account had a different email and password that cannot be retrieved or used and Windows for some reason arbitrarily deleted my security questions from that outdated account and laptop so I could not sign into this computer. I used Dell's Recovery Service to attempt to restore and backup. Dell's software saved my backup to a USMT migration store

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USMT user migration

Robert, I thought I was in TechNet. It had been a long day. Thank you and is my link

https://social.technet.microsoft.co...c9d1ce861b8/usmt-user-migration?forum=MTCWin8

 

USMT 10 - issues with profile when migrating from Win7 to Win10


Hello,

Has anyone used USMT 10 to migrate from Win7 to Win10?


I have used USMT successfully in the past to move WinXP (32-bit) to Win7 Pro (64-bit). I downloaded the new ADK to get the v10 tools. I now have USMT 10 and was practicing the migration of Win7 Pro 64-bit users to Win10 Enterprise 64-bit. Just for completeness, I also tried Win7 Enterprise 64-bit -> USMT -> Win10 Enterprise 64-bit. The results were the same.

I have used the original MIG XML files previously and they did what I needed, so I intended to do the same here. My XML files are unmodified at this point, but I tried with a few modifications aimed at not bringing over Start Menu (shared & user specific) *.LNK files.I have had this failure with both the "no LNK files" and stock XML versions. I tested and the migration logs (scanstate and loadstate) both claim no error in the migration process. Reviewing the logs I see no critical errors or warnings.

The problem is that following the migration, the profiles that were migrated cannot use Start Menu, Cortana/Search, Notification Area (Action Center), or right click any icon pinned to the Taskbar. SearchUI.exe appears to not be running when I review Task Manager -> Details. Cortana is not listed under Processes.

A new user - someone who logs on without a migrated profile - is created properly and they work normally. Existing users - the tech profile that existed prior to the migration - work fine. It is only a failure within the migrated profiles. I have tried the suggested Start Menu repair actions (the Get-AppXPackage / AppXManifest.xml process) and multiple other suggestions. Nothing seems to repair this, and since I can create a new profile successfully or use a non-migrated existing profile, I have to believe it's a flaw in what I'm doing with USMT.


My scanstate script is: scanstate.exe \\system\migration_folder /i:migapp.xml /i:migdocs.xml /o /uel:90 /l:C:\scanstate.log /v:13

My loadstate script is: loadstate.exe \\system\migration_folder /i:migapp.xml /i:c:\intel\usmtfiles\miguser.xml /l:C:\loadstatelog /v:13

 

How do you retrieve information from USMT format ?

Hi Gerald,

Try UsmtUtils.

Extract Files from a Compressed USMT Migration Store (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment | Microsoft Learn