Quick Start
Perform your first single-user migration
Prerequisites
- You have downloaded
profmage.exe. - You have your organization's license key from the web portal.
- You have a source user account (e.g.,
OldUser). - You have a target user account (e.g.,
NewUser) created on the machine or available in the target domain. - You are running
profmage.exeas a local Administrator.- Running under the source user is valid, but not recommended.
Steps
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Open PowerShell as Administrator.
- Right-click the Start button and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) or Terminal (Admin).
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Navigate to the executable.
cd path\to\folder\containing\profmage -
Run the Migration Command. Replace
OldUserandNewUserwith your actual usernames..\profmage.exe --old-user OldUser --new-user NewUser --license-key <key>If you are migrating to a different domain, include
--new-domainin your parameters:.\profmage.exe --old-user OldUser --new-user NewUser --new-domain target.local --license-key <key>See our CLI Reference for more info on Profmage's CLI options.
If Profmage is interrupted, the domain is temporarily unreachable, or antivirus stops the client, simply rerun the same command. Profmage is resumable and will continue from the last completed step.
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Reboot (if switching domains).
Restart-Computer -
Login as the New User.
- Log in with the
NewUsercredentials.
On the first login, you will see a full-screen "Repairing Appx packages..." overlay. Do not interrupt this process. This is a critical post migration process.
Once the overlay disappears and the desktop loads, your migration is complete!
- Log in with the