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Q196018: System Preparation Tool Directory Not Deleted Upon Cloning

Article: Q196018
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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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

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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