Microsoft KB Archive/155717

= Windows NT 4.0 Installations Cannot Be Copied or Moved =

Article ID: 155717

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q155717





SYMPTOMS
After copying or moving your Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 installation into a new tree (folder or drive), some system functions and programs behave unpredictably or do not work at all.



CAUSE
The Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 registries contain some hard-coded paths (for example, "C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\" instead of "%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\"). In addition, some programs may uses hard-coded paths.



RESOLUTION
Moving or copying your Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 installation to a different drive or folder is not supported.

Additional query words: directory

Keywords: kbenv kbfaq kbsetup KB155717

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