Article ID: 155717
Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007
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
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
