Developing Migration Files

USMT ships with three standard migration .xml files. You can customize these files to control the behavior of USMT during migration. In addition to the three standard files, you can develop custom .xml files to migrate special application settings and files. The three migration .xml files included with USMT are:

  • MigSys.xml. When migrating to a computer running Windows XP, this file controls which operating system and browser settings to migrate. You can customize this file for specific needs. This file is not used when migrating to Windows Vista, because USMT uses manifests to migrate these settings.

  • MigApp.xml. This file controls which application settings to migrate to both Windows XP and Windows Vista. You can customize ...

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