Windows 10: Best way to transfer files and programs between two Win 10 PCs?

There are some giveaways of PCTrans around from time to time:

 

I'll check that out. Thanks for the heads-up!

 

I agree. I'm always in favor of a clean install. I get the point of cloning, but I don't ever do it unless the hardware is the same. If the hardware is different, I do a clean install.

 

There is a difference between cloning and re-deploying.

 

In some ways, yes, but my comments were based on this specific situation. I wouldn't want to bring anything old over to the new system. Getting that new system means a new install. That gives you the best possible outcome.

 

During the reDeploy, just short time, there exists two copies of numerous 1-PC-licensed programs, as long as one destroys said software on the source computer as soon as one confirms the existence of said software on the target computer, wouldn't that kinda sorta fall under "fair use" [I'm borrowing that term]? To me, redeploy is a term similiar to military moves, the group, en toto, et al, moves from one hill to another hill, single file, until the last man stands at the 2nd hill where the first man landed earlier.

 

A note on Easeus PCTrans..
As I'm about to get a new laptop, I checked how their product works.
I have the OS on C:, and choose to install programs on D:
(I have a lot of programs, some large, and wished to separate these for defrag and imaging purposes - sometimes it's convenient to simply restore an image of C: but not D: and faster, and D: rarely needs defragging.. not that I use that at all often).

I discovered:
Easeus puts ALL programs on C: (presumably in C:\Program Files) and amends the relevant registry data accordingly.

So for the moment, I prefer Laplink.
Note there appear to be two rather similar versions
- Laplink PCMover
and
- Laplink PCMover Image & Drive Assistant

I find it hard to tell the difference even after looking at the comparison chart.
PCmover - Laplink® Software