User Profile Migration

The following example migrates the V2 prole for the user ts115 on the computer devvm-win7 to the remote
path \\file02\share\profiles. The utility takes ownership of the user proles during the migration:
migprofile.exe /s:\\devvm-win7\c$\Users\ts115.v2
/t:\\file02\share\profiles\ /v2 /takeownership
Migration Configuration File
You can specify a migration conguration le as a command-line option with the prole migration
command. In the conguration le, you can specify seings such as the source and target prole locations,
which are passed to the prole migration utility at runtime.
The migration conguration le is optional. You can override seings that you specify in the conguration
le by typing the corresponding command-line options.
Migration Configuration File Format
The migration conguration le is in XML format, which makes the le easy to read, edit, and extend. For
denitions of the seings, see “Migration Conguration File Seings,” on page 12.
You can perform either a V1-to-V2 migration or a V2-to-V5 migration. You cannot perform both migration
paths in the same conguration le.
You specify whether to migrate V1 proles to V2 or V2 proles to V5 in the source tag. Use only one source
tag in the conguration le.
<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>
<!-- OR -->
<!-- specify the source V2 profiles to be migrated -->
<source>
<!-- specify the location of user profiles to be migrated -->
<profilepath>source_profile_path</profilepath>
<!-- specify a V2-to-V5 profile migration -->
<migv2tov5>true</migv2tov5>
</source>
<!-- specify the target destination of converted V2 or V5 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>
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