Understanding USMT Components

After downloading and installing the Windows AIK, the USMT source files are in C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\USMT\Platform, where Platform is either amd64 or x86. The installer copies many files into this folder, including .dll files, feature manifests, and other application initialization files. (See Figure 7-3.) Most of the files support the two main executables: Scanstate.exe and Loadstate.exe.

USMT components

Figure 7-3. USMT components

In addition to ScanState and LoadState, USMT uses three XML migration files—MigApp.xml, MigDocs.xml, and MigUser.xml—to perform basic file and settings migrations based on default criteria. You ...

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