Migrating Windows 3.1 Program Groups to Windows NT
ID: q102424
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Windows NT 3.1
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Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
SUMMARY
It is possible to migrate Windows program groups and .INI file
settings to Windows NT without installing NT in the same subdirectory
as Windows.
MORE INFORMATION
If Windows 3.1 and Windows NT are installed on the same machine but are
located in different subdirectories, it is possible to migrate the .INI
settings and Windows Program Manager groups into Windows NT by following
the procedure outlined below.
NOTE: If you have added program icons other than the default icons in
the Main, Startup, Accessories, or Games groups in Windows 3.1, you
will need to start Windows 3.1 and either move these program icons to
another group or create a new program group and move these icons to
the newly created group. If you do not move these icons, you will not
be able use the following procedure to move the Main, Startup,
Accessories, and Games groups.
To migrate your .INI files and Windows Program Groups to NT:
- Copy the .INI files from your Windows 3.1 directory to your Windows
NT directory.
- To copy the program groups and .INI file settings to your current
user ID, you must delete the user profile and log off and log on
again.
NOTE: You do not need to delete the user, just the user profile.
CAUTION: When you delete your user profile, any personal program
groups you have created for this user will be lost.
To delete the user profile:
- Log on as Administrator (NT will not let you delete your
profile if you are logged on as that user).
- Run Windows NT Setup from the Main program group.
- Press ALT+O (to select the Options menu).
- Press D (to choose Delete User Profiles).
- Select the profile to which you want to copy the Windows 3.1
groups and .INI file settings.
- Delete the selected user profile.
- Log off as Administrator and log back on as the user whose profile
you have just deleted. After your Username and Password have been
successfully validated, you will see a screen prompting you to
confirm migration of program groups and .INI file settings. These
are selected by default. When you choose OK, the migration process
will begin. When migration is complete, all program groups and .INI
file settings will be migrated into your Windows NT user profile.
NOTE: Only users that have their user profiles deleted will be
prompted to migrate. If the profile is not deleted, NT will use the
existing profile and migration will not occur.
Alternate Method:
NOTE: There is another way to force migration of settings when Windows NT
has been installed in a different directory. This method does not remove
the information in the user profile.
The method is to delete the Windows 3.1 Migration Status key under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the registry.
Do this and then logoff and back on as the same user. It prompts for
migration and preserve the user profile settings.
For more information on Windows NT program groups, query on the following
words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
migrated and icons and items and video
Additional query words:
prodnt WIN.INI initialization
Keywords : kbusage
Version : winnt:3.1; :3.1
Platform : winnt
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