renaming profiles directory during install

13Gigatons

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I tried this once before using microsofts solution and it failed so I'm thing that they screwed up the instructions. Taking a hint to how the windows folder is written I decided to use the same for the profiles directory.

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=zebra
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=20
OemSkipWelcome=1
ProfilesDir=\DAS
 

13Gigatons

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This is what I used the first time:


RESOLUTION
To specify a different folder for the "Documents and Settings" folder during installation, follow these steps: 1. Use the /UNATTEND switch with Winnt.exe or Winnt32.exe and insert the following entry into the Unattend.txt file, where z:\foldername is the path and folder name you want:
[GuiUNattended]
ProfilesDir = z:\foldername
2. Install Windows. The path you included in the Unattend.txt file is used instead of the default "Documents and Settings" folder.

It comes from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q236621/

Unforunately it didn't work correctly.
 

JW310

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Did you have the profilesdir set to C:\DAS or just \DAS? Looking at the example you quoted, you might need to have it as C:\DAS and not just \DAS

JW