Understanding what the USMT 4.0 CONFIG manifests migrate (Part 14: Vista Section E)

This part covers the following config.xml components for Windows Vista:

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    <component displayname="Programs" migrate="yes" ID="programs">

      <component displayname="Media Player Settings" migrate="yes" ID="programs\media_player_settings">

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-MediaPlayer-Migration" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-migration/microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-migration/settings"/>

      </component>

    </component>

    <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Migration-DisplayGroups" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-migration-displaygroups/microsoft-windows-migration-displaygroups/settings"/>

    <component displayname="Communications and Sync" migrate="yes" ID="communications_and_sync">

      <component displayname="Windows Mail" migrate="yes" ID="communications_and_sync\windows_mail">

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-WAB" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-wab/microsoft-windows-wab/settings"/>

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Mail" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-mail/microsoft-windows-mail/settings"/>

      </component>

      <component displayname="Fax" migrate="yes" ID="communications_and_sync\fax">

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Status-Monitor" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-status-monitor/microsoft-windows-fax-status-monitor/settings"/>

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Service" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-service/microsoft-windows-fax-service/settings"/>

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-MAPI" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-mapi/microsoft-windows-fax-mapi/settings"/>

        <component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Client-Applications" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-client-applications/microsoft-windows-fax-client-applications/settings"/>

      </component>

    </component>

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Windows Media Player

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-MediaPlayer-Migration" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-migration/microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-migration/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-mediaplayer-migration_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_e00b3823f9132c02.manifest

PLUGIN file="%windir%\system32\migration\MediaPlayer-DLMigPlugin.dll"

Behavior Synopsis

Migrate all per-user and per-computer Windows Media Player settings (stored as XML in %appdata%\local\media player). The USMT plugin is used to migrate downlevel WMP plugins to their newer version's settings.

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Windows Address Book

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-WAB" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-wab/microsoft-windows-wab/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-wab_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_a491ed325f8b7554.manifest

Behavior Synopsis

Migrates per-user Windows Address Book settings. Also creates a new registry entry for upgrade that is read by Windows Mail on first run by a user, which upgrades certain legacy Outlook Express address book settings. Does not migrate actual contact files, just the registry pointer to them in the user’s contacts shell folder. The Contacts folder is only migrated by migdocs.xml, not migusers.xml.

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Windows Mail

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Mail" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-mail/microsoft-windows-mail/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-mail_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6000.16386_none_a5db5d4d1eebd273.manifest

Behavior Synopsis

Migrates Windows Mail per-user client registry settings and each user's mail store.

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FAX Sender

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Status-Monitor" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-status-monitor/microsoft-windows-fax-status-monitor/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-fax-status-monitor_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_89450d8ff77e97b7.manifest

Behavior Synopsis

Migrates per-user fax sender info settings.

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FAX Service

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Service" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-service/microsoft-windows-fax-service/settings"/>

Config Manifest

\USMT\x86\ReplacementManifests\MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-FAX-SERVICE-REPLACEMENT.MAN

Behavior Synopsis

Migrates Fax Service per-computer fax files and security settings.

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FAX MAPI

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-MAPI" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-mapi/microsoft-windows-fax-mapi/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-fax-mapi_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6001.18000_none_4fa0047b77e7a12b.manifest

Behavior Synopsis

Does nothing.

FAX Client

Config Entry

<component displayname="Microsoft-Windows-Fax-Client-Applications" migrate="yes" ID="https://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/cmi/microsoft-windows-fax-client-applications/microsoft-windows-fax-client-applications/settings"/>

Config Manifest

C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-f..client-applications_31bf3856ad364e35_6.0.6002.18005_none_7ae525732588302d.manifest

Behavior Synopsis

Migrates per-user Fax client settings (limited mainly to UI like column layouts) as well as all personal FAX files for each user.

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