Microsoft KB Archive/196018

= System Preparation Tool Directory Not Deleted Upon Cloning =

Article ID: 196018

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * 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 Q196018



SYMPTOMS
When you run the Microsoft System Preparation tool, Sysprep, the duplicated systems still have the Sysprep tools (Sysprep.exe and Setupcl.exe) on the local drive. Documentation states that these files will be removed from the directory in which Sysprep resides upon completion of the cloning process.



CAUSE
This problem will happen when the folder in which the Sysprep files were located was named something other than Sysprep or was not located on the same volume in which the %WINDIR% resides (for example, Winnt, Winnt40, and so on).



RESOLUTION
Move Sysprep and its associated files to the volume that contains the %WINDIR% and ensure that the folder in which Sysprep resides is named Sysprep. However, by design, the Setupcl.exe file is placed in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder and will remain after the cloning process has completed.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about System Preparation tools and other deployment information, please see:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/

Additional query words: sysprep directory remove deploy ghost

Keywords: kbprb KB196018

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