Unattended Setup Creates Two "Documents and Settings" Folders

ID: Q248051

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

NOTE: The information in this article applies to the German version(s) of Windows 2000.

SYMPTOMS

When you perform an unattended installation of German Windows 2000, Setup creates two "Documents and Settings" folders. One is named "Documents and Settings" and the other is named "Dokumente und Einstellungen."

Note that this behavior occurs only when you use the "OEMPreInstall=1" switch in the response file.

CAUSE

The creation of the "Documents and Settings" folder is hard-coded in Windows 2000

RESOLUTION

The extra "Documents and Settings" folder is unused; it is safe to remove it.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb