Windows 10: User profile moving with Sysprep questions

I previously did a clean install of Windows 7 & moved the User profile along with ProgramData (and manually installed programs to the same drive for those that allowed it & I felt wouldn't benefit from being on a SATA SSD).

I notice that the method for doing this in Windows 10 says that you should not have any Windows Folders on the target drive (Users folder especially), and that only the Users folder can be moved as Windows isn't happy with ProgramData etc being moved.

I'm currently having issues updating Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro, the upgrade was done previously onto a new SSD & it worked ok until it started BSODing & then stopped booting, so I put the previous Win 7 image back on the drive again to update it to try & save me having to reinstall programs. But because of these issues I'm now thinking it's going to be easier to remove Windows 7 from the equation since the backup of that install is now BSODing on me as well, and just do a clean install of Win 10 Pro.

So my thought on doing this was:

1. Use a Ubuntu Live USB to rename the current User Profile created by Windows 7
2. Wipe the System Drive and do a clean install of Windows 10 using Sysprep to move the User profile location before creating any users
3. Then boot back to normal Windows 10 setup & create a user account.
4. Find a way to clone all permissions from the Windows 10 created Users folder to the one created by Windows 7.
5. Boot to the Ubuntu Live USB again & rename the Win10 Users folder to something different then rename the Windows 7 created Users folder to what it should be.

Will this method actually work providing the permissions are correctly set?

:)

 

SysPrep Advice

Hi Joseph,

The topic that you raised is beyond the scope of support for this site which focuses more on home and personal end users. Here's what I found about SysPrep:

• What Is Sysprep?
• How To Sysprep – Sysprep is a Great And powerful tool And Easy
  Too If You Know How (Step-By-Step).

However these are old articles and the process may have been changed already. You may re-post this question in

TechNet Forums for further assistance.

All the best.

 

Changing registry settings for user profiles and sysprepping

Hi PinkRhino, welcome to Ten Forums.

Do not use registry to change Users folder location in Windows 10. Simply clean install Windows, boot it to Audit Mode and use an answer file to relocate Users. Step by step instructions in Method One in this tutorial: Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10 Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials .

Following the instructions, the whole Users folder will be moved to another drive, and all future user profiles will be created on that location.

 

Changing registry settings for user profiles and sysprepping

I am gonna try that right away, thanks already.