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    • JJ FullmerJ
      JJ Fullmer Testers
      last edited by JJ Fullmer

      I made a script for this new windows 10 default profile business.
      Windows 7 and 8 are slightly different and I will post script that work for them with this new method once I make them.

      Copy paste this into your favorite text editor and save as a .bat file
      or just download it here…
      0_1452880295325_Create Default Profile Win 10.bat

      You need to make one change
      change the cUser (customized User) variable on line 29 to the name of the user you customized

      Note - Run this script from a different admin account, like the built in administrator, if you try to run it from the customized profile it will likely throw errors of files being in use

      Note - REM is a comment in a batch script, it doesn’t seem to turn comment colored in the forum, it does in sublime text though.

      @ECHO OFF
      	REM @ECHO off to not output the commands being run to the console
      	REM This script copies a Customized windows 10 profile to the default profile so that
      	REM all new profiles are created with the same settings
      
      call :main
      exit
      
      :main
      	REM main Function that just calls the other Functions
      
      	call :funcHead "Welcome to the Windows 10 Default Profile Creator Script!"
      	call :setVars
      	call :funcHead "Copying Customized Profile From %custom% to %default% ..."
      	call :AppData
      	call :CustomSettings
      	call :funcHead "Done creating custom default profile! & echo.Goodbye"	
      	EXIT /B
      
      :setVars
      	REM Function to set script variables
      
      	REM c stands for Custom, d stands for default. cUser should be the name of the user you Customized
      	REM These variables just point to the user folders and the local and roaming appdata folders that 
      	REM store all the settings for a user profile
      
      	call :funcHead "Setting directory variables..."
      	
      	set cUser=adl
      	set custom="C:\Users\%cUser%"
      	set default="C:\Users\Default"
      	set cLocal="C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Local"
      	set dLocal="C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local"
      	set cRoam="C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Roaming"
      	set dRoam="C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming"
      	
      	call :dots
      	EXIT /B
      
      :copyDir
      	REM Function inputs - 1 = display of what is copying 2 = source folder 3 = destination folder 
      	
      	REM This Function simply displays what you're copying and copies it. Did a Function to have less
      	REM copy paste of command line options and have cleaner code.
      	REM Note that when calling the Function all passed parameters should be encased in double quotes
      	REM otherwise ROBOCOPY won't read the directories as seperate
      	
      	REM ROBOCOPY or robust copy, is a tool for copying directories or files in windows command line
      	REM The syntax is ROBOCOPY sourceFolder DestFolder options
      	REM the options used make it so a mirrored version of the source and its subdirectories are copied
      	REM to the destination with 64 threads (64 files at once) overwriting existin files retrying any failed files 
      	REM only once after 1 second of waiting and all without any verbose output
      	
      	REM /S - subdirectories /MIR - mirror /MT:64 - multithreaded copy with 64 threads, i.e. 64 files at a time instead of 1. 
      	REM /LOG - output to logfile instead of console, ROBOCOPY /? says this provides better performance in multithreaded mode
      	REM /IS - include same files i.e. overwrite existing /R:1 retry on error once (default is 1 million) 
      	REM W:1 - wait one second between retry on error (default is 30 seconds) 
      	REM the /N* are all to decrease output for automation. Since they go to a log file you can take them out if you want
      	REM /NP - no progress /NS - don't log file sizes /NC - don't log file classes /NFL - don't log file names /NDL - don't log directory names
      	REM /NJH - no job header /NJS - no job summary
      
      	echo. Copying %~1...
      	ROBOCOPY "%~2" "%~3" /S /MIR /MT:64 /LOG:C:\defaultProfile.txt /IS /R:1 /W:1 /NP /NJH /NJS /NS /NC /NFL /NDL
      	echo. Done Copying %~1
      	EXIT /B
      
      :AppData
      	REM Function to copy all Customizations settings that are stored in files in the AppData folder
      	
      	call :funcHead "Copying Customizations From AppData..."
      	
      	REM directories used in all versions of windows
      	call :copyDir "Firefox Customizations" "%cRoam%\Mozilla" "%dRoam%\Mozilla"
      	call :copyDir "Google Chrome Customizations" "%cLocal%\Google" "%dLocal%\Google"
      	call :copyDir "Task Bar Pin Shortcuts" "%cRoam%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" "%dRoam%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"
      	
      	REM The remaining dirs are specific to Windows 10 
      	REM Note: A starup script will be required on first login to copy the favorites for Microsoft edge to the Packages directory in the newly created User
      	REM That logon script would only need to be one line like so...
      	REM ROBOCOPY "%localAppData%\MicrosoftEdge\User" "%localAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User" /S /MIR /MT:64 /LOG:C:\logs\edgeBookmarks.txt /IS /R:1 /W:1 
      	
      	call :copyDir "Microsoft Edge Customizations" "%cLocal%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User" "%dLocal%\MicrosoftEdge\User"
      	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 1 of 3" "%cLocal%\TileDataLayer" "%dLocal%\TileDataLayer"
      	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 2 of 3" "%cRoam%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" "%dRoam%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu"
      	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 3 of 3" "%cLocal%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell" "%dLocal%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell"
      	
      	echo. Done Copying AppData Folders...
      	call :dots
      	EXIT /B
      
      :CustomSettings
      	REM This Function copies the ntuser.dat and related system files that store things like task bar pin order, 
      	REM mapped network drives, taskbar toolbars, explorer settings, desktop background settings, etc.
      	REM It uses xcopy to copy all files that start with ntuser via * wildcard and uses the options...
      	REM \H - copy hidden system files /Y - overwrite existsing files without prompt 
      
      	call :funcHead "Copying custom settings (i.e. task bar pins and toolbars, desktop background, etc.) from ntuser .dat system files..."
      	
      	XCOPY %custom%\ntuser* %default%\ /H /Y
      
      	echo. Done Copying Custom Settings
      	call :dots
      	EXIT /B
      
      :dots
      	REM just echoing dots in a Function instead of copy pasting them so that it's consistent
      	echo ......................................................................
      	EXIT /B
      
      :funcHead
      	REM A simple function for displaying a consistent header at the start of functions
      	call :dots
      	echo. %~1
      	call :dots
      	EXIT /B
      

      Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
      https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
      https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
      https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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      • Wayne WorkmanW
        Wayne Workman @JJ Fullmer
        last edited by

        @Arrowhead-IT Robocopy ??

        Can we get some comments in that script?

        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!
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        https://fogtesting.fogproject.us/
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        • JJ FullmerJ
          JJ Fullmer Testers @Wayne Workman
          last edited by

          @Wayne-Workman Oh my goodness I didn’t put any comments. I have all my scripts in a git repo so most the comments are in commits. I will indeed edit the post and add some comments. And I also realized that it would need to be slightly different for windows 7 and 8 and I have use for at least the windows 8 one, so I’ll make that script and post it here too.

          Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
          https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
          https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
          https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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          • JJ FullmerJ
            JJ Fullmer Testers @Wayne Workman
            last edited by

            @Wayne-Workman There ya go, detailed comments galore. Also thank you for your script.
            You could probably just change the variables for the default profile locations in my script to the network drive and utilize your same system.
            I also back up my default profile folder to a network drive after I run this script.

            Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
            https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
            https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
            https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
            https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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            • Lee RowlettL
              Lee Rowlett Developer
              last edited by

              in my research i found, that cortana/windows search breaks if you make any customization to the start menu - test my theory build another image but leave start menu as default. making all other custom changes + unattend.xml or whatever you used on your image that has broken cortana/windows search

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              • JJ FullmerJ
                JJ Fullmer Testers @Lee Rowlett
                last edited by

                @Lee-Rowlett I think you are somewhat correct there. In all my testing I found that it relates to when a user first logs in it installs all the metro apps for that user including cortana. And when you do a profile copy in the system advanced settings control panel it ends up copying some of those installed apps to the default profile which causes the installation of metro apps on a new profile to fail, but there’s no error because the installs think they succeed since the files are already there.
                At least I think that has some to do with it. My new script system seems to work flawlessly and it is much easier than my old way of having to change the registry everytime and such.

                I would still test your theory for you, just for funzies, but I don’t actually use an unattend.xml. I don’t like sysprep. It breaks my default profile sometimes, and I’ve seen it break other things and it forces you to go back to oobe which messes with my computer naming system. I’ve kinda found it to not be necessary. Yes it resets some security id’s for activation this and that but if you are using windows enterprise volume licensing, that doesn’t cause any problems. In windows 7 I figured out the registry key to change and then just re-inputting the windows key and reactivating gave it a new sid. Windows 8 and 10 just work without issue without doing that. As for drivers, I make my images on a vm so they’re already hardware independent and I use the terminal tool devcon (included in the windows wdk 8.1, I just copy the devcon.exe over to my image vm after installing the wdk on my workstation) to uninstall all the devices in the device manager before rebooting with devcon -r remove *
                It goes through the uninstalling of devices much much faster than sysprep does too.

                So thank you sir for your help, but I think I got it figured out.

                Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                • MRCURM
                  MRCUR Testers
                  last edited by

                  This is a bit of a related topic on Win 10 profile customization - in the past we used the copy profile option in the sysprep unattend file combined with a VBS script to add/remove apps pinned to the taskbar. This script no longer works in Win 10.

                  What are you guys doing in terms of the taskbar? I see you mention the IE stuff in appdata, but I don’t believe that covers everything (like the Win Store icon for instance).

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                  • JJ FullmerJ
                    JJ Fullmer Testers @MRCUR
                    last edited by

                    @MRCUR The IE stuff in appdata is where the shortcut files that are pinned to taskbar go, but to get it to work fully you need the ntuser.dat files. The script I posted copies that file from your customized profile into the default profile but only that file. Give my batch script a try. If you’re using sysprep, some customizations might disappear so you could run the script before sysprep then put the resulting C:\Users\Default in a network share somewhere then copy it back over after sysprep or after imaging.

                    Does that help at all?

                    Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                    https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                    https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                    https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                    https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                    • Lee RowlettL
                      Lee Rowlett Developer @JJ Fullmer
                      last edited by

                      @Arrowhead-IT certainly a nice clean approach… glad you got it figured out! and thanks for sharing with the community… i’m sure it’ll become useful as people start to move over to win10.

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                      • MRCURM
                        MRCUR Testers @JJ Fullmer
                        last edited by

                        @Arrowhead-IT I’ll give your script a try. I think the issue for me is that with our current solution, we can adjust what’s pinned on the taskbar by updating the login script and copying it to machines. With the default profile, that isn’t the case. It’s once and done for the user.

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                        • JJ FullmerJ
                          JJ Fullmer Testers @MRCUR
                          last edited by

                          @MRCUR I see what you’re saying. It would be less work to not have to manually pin some icons to the taskbar and then run the script.
                          Granted I have my default base image with my default profile on a esxi vm, so for me it is pretty easy to do. I suppose it could be possible to edit the ntuser.dat file manually to add in shortcuts. I’ll look into that, because it would certainly be easier.

                          Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                          https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                          https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                          https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                          https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                          • JJ FullmerJ
                            JJ Fullmer Testers @MRCUR
                            last edited by

                            @MRCUR Well I think it is possible to edit it directly, but it is not easy.
                            Let’s say you run my script and have a working default profile and you saved the folder somewhere.
                            Now let’s copy the whole profile folder to the local computer, in the C:\ root for example(just to be safe not editing the original right away)
                            Now open up regedit.exe as an administrator and highlight ‘HKEY_USERS’
                            File → Load Hive
                            Open up
                            “C:\Default\NTUSER.DAT”
                            name the hive test, or something like that.

                            You can now edit the default profile registry .dat settings to your heart’s content. Problem is, it’s the registry…
                            So the second half of task bar pins is in that hive under
                            HKEY_USERS\test\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband
                            But that key is all binary and Dwords.
                            Granted, you could just customize some pins on any user and export that key from
                            HKEY_USERS\userSID\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband
                            And then import or copy paste the values into the hive you’re editing and that would work.
                            Then just highlight the test hive and do file→unload hive and all the settings should be saved in the .dat file.

                            I saw some vbs scripts in various forums that claimed to automate the pinning but I didn’t try any of them. But I’ll post some links in case they help you do it the way you want to.

                            Here’s where I came up with most of this
                            http://smallbusiness.chron.com/modify-ntuserdat-56096.html - editing ntuser.dat
                            https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/73eb1c0a-fc78-4ae7-ba6d-356d9a9a5328/solved-how-to-pin-to-start-menutask-bar-for-default-user?forum=w7itproinstall - possible script solution
                            http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2008/06/06/useful-script-number-5-adjusting-the-default-user-registry-hive.aspx - editing ntuser.dat some more
                            http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/04/08/pin-items-to-the-start-menu-or-windows-7-taskbar-via-script.aspx - other script possibility

                            Hope that helps in some way. Sorry that I didn’t find an easy answer for you.

                            Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                            https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                            https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                            https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                            https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                            • MRCURM
                              MRCUR Testers @JJ Fullmer
                              last edited by

                              @Arrowhead-IT Thanks, I’ll certainly take a look at all of those. I really wish MS would just include some PS cmdlets to do this. It would be so simple to have a logic script to do exactly what we wanted then.

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                              • JJ FullmerJ
                                JJ Fullmer Testers
                                last edited by

                                So one caveat to my method with using devcon from the windows wdk (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/dn913721.aspx)
                                is that when you remove all the devices it removes and doesn’t reinstall on restart a couple system devices that are required to make remote desktop work.
                                So in other words you can’t rdp/windows remote desktop into an imaged computer. I had found this rather annoying and finally figured out exactly which devices are required and scripted how to fix it. yay!

                                This is also helpful to anyone that perhaps is having trouble with remote desktop when it is otherwise configured correctly.

                                So the devices that you could install manually as legacy devices are…

                                • NDIS Virtual Network Adapter Enumerator
                                • UMBus Root Bus Enumerator (adds UMBus Enumerators on restart that are also needed)
                                • Remote Desktop Device Redirector Bus

                                Luckily the inf files for all of these are still in the driverstore. And the devcon.exe tool can be used to install them quickly from the command line. 0_1453504913836_devcon.exe - 64 bit version from wdk 8.1 - put this in your C:\Windows\System32 for the following script to work. You can also download and install the wdk from the above link and find it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10 somewhere, a tools folder of some sort as I recall. I tested it with the 8.1 version but just discovered there is a windows 10 version as I was writing this.

                                Anywho, scripty script

                                @ECHO off
                                	REM Script for fixing remote desktop after uninstalling all devices
                                
                                	call :main
                                
                                :main
                                	call :funcHead "Welcome to the remote desktop fix!"
                                	call :setVars
                                	call :addDriver "NDIS Virtual Network Adapter Enumerator" "%drivers%\ndisvirtualbus.inf_amd64_c420021ea374b6f3\ndisvirtualbus.inf" ROOT\NdisVirtualBus
                                	call :addDriver "UMBus Root Bus Enumerator" "%drivers%\umbus.inf_amd64_b5911c04e2dae8d2\umbus.inf" root\umbus.inf
                                	call :addDriverAndRestart "Remote Desktop Device Redirector Bus" "%drivers%\rdpbus.inf_amd64_e1a9f2699d349149\rdpbus.inf" ROOT\RDPBUS
                                
                                	EXIT /B
                                
                                :setVars
                                	set drivers=C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository
                                
                                	EXIT /B
                                
                                :addDriver
                                	echo. installing %~1...	
                                	Devcon install %~2 %~3
                                	echo. done!
                                	EXIT /B
                                
                                :addDriverAndRestart
                                	echo. installing %~1 and restarting computer...	
                                	Devcon -r install %~2 %~3
                                	echo. done!
                                	REM just in case -r doesn't reboot...
                                	Devcon reboot & exit
                                	EXIT /B
                                
                                :dots
                                	REM just echoing dots in a Function instead of copy pasting them so that it's consistent
                                	echo ......................................................................
                                	EXIT /B
                                
                                :funcHead
                                	REM A simple function for displaying a consistent header at the start of functions
                                	call :dots
                                	echo. %~1
                                	call :dots
                                	EXIT /B
                                

                                run that as a batch script, it will restart your computer and it will fix remote desktop if you break it by manually uninstalling devices

                                I had been having trouble with this problem for months and just fixed it and figured it related enough to everything else here so I shared it

                                Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                                https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                                https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                                https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                                https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                                • Wayne WorkmanW
                                  Wayne Workman @JJ Fullmer
                                  last edited by

                                  @Arrowhead-IT said in Cortana/Windows Search breaks in default profile:

                                  So I finally figured this out.
                                  In windows 10, Instead of using the copy to method in user profiles you gotta be a little trickier.

                                  Customize the profile you want then login to a different admin account.
                                  Now copy the only the appdata folders you need such as
                                  roaming/mozilla for firefox customizations
                                  local/Google for chrome customizations
                                  local/Microsoft/Windows/Default Layouts
                                  and
                                  local/Microsoft/Tile Data Layer
                                  for start menu pins
                                  roaming/microsoft/internet explorer for task bar pins

                                  And then once that’s all done, leaving the default profile as it was otherwise there’s one other thing to do to get the task bar settings and desktop background type settings to work. Which is all in the NTuser.dat type files. Just run this command in an administrator cmd

                                  XCOPY C:\Users\CustomUser\ntuser* C:\Users\Default /H
                                  

                                  It will ask if you want to overwrite, you do.

                                  And then it works, a completely customized default profile without breaking any of the windows 10 metro apps.

                                  I’m about to dig into this myself, and follow these instructions. To be clear, we are copying the necessary items from the configured account’s app data to the default profile, or are you somehow deploying these files to all accounts?

                                  Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!
                                  Daily Clean Installation Results:
                                  https://fogtesting.fogproject.us/
                                  FOG Reporting:
                                  https://fog-external-reporting-results.fogproject.us/

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                                  • JJ FullmerJ
                                    JJ Fullmer Testers @Wayne Workman
                                    last edited by

                                    @Wayne-Workman I have since updated this script.
                                    I don’t have a way to dynamically update all users. It essentially copies the neccesarry app data folders that won’t break cortana/start
                                    to the default profile and then copies that default profile to a network share for deploying via a fog snapin with another script that takes arguements of the name of the profile you make.

                                    Here let me just take out my credentials and share name and post a copies of my current create and apply windows 10 profile scripts…

                                    p.s. I recently discovered that profiles made on 64 bit windows won’t work on 32 bit windows. So you have to create separate versions from 32 bit and 64 bit windows installs if you have different archs in your environment.

                                    Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                                    https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                                    https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                                    https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                                    https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                                    • Wayne WorkmanW
                                      Wayne Workman @JJ Fullmer
                                      last edited by

                                      @Arrowhead-IT Much appreciated!

                                      Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!
                                      Daily Clean Installation Results:
                                      https://fogtesting.fogproject.us/
                                      FOG Reporting:
                                      https://fog-external-reporting-results.fogproject.us/

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                                      • JJ FullmerJ
                                        JJ Fullmer Testers @Wayne Workman
                                        last edited by JJ Fullmer

                                        @Wayne-Workman

                                        some quick notes. You do need to put your username and password in plain text for shares, unless you have shares that give everyone access. If anyone knows of a way to encrypt that, I’d love to hear it. I know it can be done with openssl in linux bash scripts but I am yet to find the equivalent for a batch script. But hey bash will come to windows 10 soon.

                                        This script hasn’t been tested for windows 7 or 8 profiles. It does detect the windows version because I was preparing to add that kind of functionality but since I am ending up moving completely to windows 10, I never put the work into it

                                        The create profile script prompts you for the name of the user profile you customized and asks you for what department/profile you are making it for.

                                        The Apply simply takes one arguement of the profile name. So you can upload just the one script to fog and make a bunch of snapins with different args for each profile you have to deploy.

                                        Also note that I have some extra app data folders for custom settings of specific programs we use. I left them in there as examples.

                                        Bath script to create Deployable Default Profile

                                        ::-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        :: Script Name: Create-Deployable-Default-Profile
                                        :: Original Author: jfullmer
                                        :: Created Date: 2016-02-18 16:39:23
                                        :: Last Updated Date: 2016-04-12 17:09:35
                                        :: Update Author: jfullmer
                                        :: Version: 3.8
                                        ::-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        
                                        @ECHO OFF
                                        	REM @ECHO off to not output the commands being run to the console
                                        	REM This script copies a Customized windows 10 profile to the default profile so that
                                        	REM all new profiles are created with the same settings
                                        
                                        SET pwd=%~dp0
                                        call :main
                                        del C:\Create-Deployable-Default-Profile.bat & exit
                                        
                                        :main
                                        	REM main Function that just calls the other Functions
                                        
                                        	call :copySelf
                                        	call :funcHead "Welcome to the Windows Default Profile Creator Script!"
                                        	call :setVars
                                        	call :funcHead "Copying Customized Profile From %custom% to %default% ..."
                                        	call :AppData
                                        	call :CustomSettings
                                        	call :CopyToNetwork
                                        	call :funcHead "Done creating custom default profile! & echo.Goodbye"	
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :copySelf
                                        	rem In some instances running this from a share doesn't work, so copy itself and start the copied version to run local
                                        	IF NOT %pwd%==C:\ (
                                        		echo. Copying self to C drive
                                        		net use \\path\to\share /USER:domain\user password	
                                        		XCOPY \\path\to\share\Create-Deployable-Default-Profile.bat C:\ /H /Y
                                        	 	rem Make sure it's being run as an admin
                                        	 	net session >nul 2>&1
                                        	    if %errorLevel% == 0 (
                                        			echo opening copied version.
                                        			start C:\Create-Deployable-Default-Profile.bat
                                        			exit
                                        	    ) else (
                                        	        echo This needs to be run as admin, try again please.
                                        	    	@pause
                                        	    	exit
                                        		)
                                            )
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :setVars
                                        	REM Function to set script variables
                                        
                                        	REM c stands for Custom, d stands for default. cUser should be the name of the user you Customized
                                        	REM These variables just point to the user folders and the local and roaming appdata folders that 
                                        	REM store all the settings for a user profile
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Setting directory variables..."
                                        	
                                        	rem set cUser=adl
                                        	echo. Don't run this script from the user you're copying!
                                        	set /p cUser="What is the username of the profile you customized? -> "
                                        	set custom=C:\Users\%cUser%
                                        	set default=C:\Users\Default
                                        	set cPF=C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\ProgramFiles
                                        	set dPF=C:\Users\Default\AppData\ProgramFiles
                                        	set cLocal=C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Local
                                        	set dLocal=C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
                                        	set cRoam=C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Roaming
                                        	set dRoam=C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
                                        	rem The script will create windows version and department folders
                                        	set profiles=\\path\to\share\with\profiles
                                        	net use %profiles% /USER:domain\user password
                                        	call :OSversion
                                        	call :setDept
                                        		
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :setDept
                                        	rem Function to set department via prompt. 
                                        	echo. What department/group is this profile for? (no spaces)
                                        	echo. The Current Choices are... (A different entry will create a new folder)
                                        	rem list profiles
                                        	dir /b %profiles%\%winVer%
                                        	set /P dept="Enter The Dept Here -> "
                                        	set share=%profiles%\%winVer%\%dept%
                                        	if NOT EXIST %share% mkdir %share%
                                        	if NOT EXIST %share%\logs mkdir %share%\logs
                                        	set logs=%share%\logs
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :OSversion
                                        	:: Function to get current OS version
                                        	echo. Getting OS...
                                        	FOR /F "tokens=4-5 delims=. " %%i in ('ver') do set os=%%i.%%j
                                        	if "%os%" == "5.1" set winVer=WinXP
                                        	if "%os%" == "5.2" set winVer=WinXP
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.1" set winVer=Win7
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.2" set winVer=Win8
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.3" set winVer=Win8.1
                                        	if "%os%" == "10.0" set winVer=Win10
                                        
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :copyDir
                                        	REM Function inputs - 1 = display of what is copying 2 = source folder 3 = destination folder 
                                        	
                                        	REM This Function simply displays what you're copying and copies it. Did a Function to have less
                                        	REM copy paste of command line options and have cleaner code.
                                        	REM Note that when calling the Function all passed parameters should be encased in double quotes
                                        	REM otherwise ROBOCOPY won't read the directories as seperate
                                        	
                                        	REM ROBOCOPY or robust copy, is a tool for copying directories or files in windows command line
                                        	REM The syntax is ROBOCOPY sourceFolder DestFolder options
                                        	REM the options used make it so a mirrored version of the source and its subdirectories are copied
                                        	REM to the destination with 64 threads (64 files at once) overwriting existin files retrying any failed files 
                                        	REM only once after 1 second of waiting and all without any verbose output
                                        	
                                        	REM /S - subdirectories /MIR - mirror /MT:64 - multithreaded copy with 64 threads, i.e. 64 files at a time instead of 1. 
                                        	REM /LOG - output to logfile instead of console, ROBOCOPY /? says this provides better performance in multithreaded mode
                                        	REM /IS - include same files i.e. overwrite existing /R:1 retry on error once (default is 1 million) 
                                        	REM W:1 - wait one second between retry on error (default is 30 seconds) 
                                        	REM the /N* are all to decrease output for automation. Since they go to a log file you can take them out if you want ( I did take them out)
                                        	REM /NP - no progress /NS - don't log file sizes /NC - don't log file classes /NFL - don't log file names /NDL - don't log directory names
                                        	REM /NJH - no job header /NJS - no job summary
                                        
                                        	echo. Copying %~1...
                                        	ROBOCOPY "%~2" "%~3" /S /MIR /MT:128 /LOG:"%logs%\%~1.log" /IS /R:1 /W:1 /ZB
                                        	echo. Done Copying %~1
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :AppData
                                        	REM Function to copy all Customizations settings that are stored in files in the AppData folder
                                        	
                                        	call :funcHead "Copying Customizations From AppData..."
                                        	
                                        	REM directories used in all versions of windows
                                        	call :copyDir "Desktop" "%custom%\Desktop" "%default%\Desktop"	
                                        	call :copyDir "Firefox Customizations" "%cRoam%\Mozilla" "%dRoam%\Mozilla"
                                        	call :copyDir "Google Chrome Customizations" "%cLocal%\Google" "%dLocal%\Google"
                                        	call :copyDir "Task Bar Pin Shortcuts" "%cRoam%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" "%dRoam%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"
                                        	call :copyDir "Saleslogix" "%cRoam%\Saleslogix" "%dRoam%\Saleslogix"
                                        	call :copyDir "Sage Software" "%cRoam%\Sage Software" "%dRoam%\Sage Software"
                                        	call :copyDir "Saleslogix" "%cLocal%\Saleslogix" "%dLocal%\Saleslogix"
                                        	call :copyDir "Sage Software" "%cLocal%\Sage Software" "%dLocal%\Sage Software"
                                        	rem IF %dept%==IT (
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "Terminals" "%cLocal%\Robert_Chartier" "%dLocal%\Robert_Chartier"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "VMware Vsphere" "%cLocal%\VMware" "%dLocal%\VMware"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "VMware Vsphere" "%cRoam%\VMware" "%dRoam%\VMware"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "Camtasia" "%cRoam%\TechSmith" "%dRoam%\TechSmith"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "Camtasia" "%cLocal%\TechSmith" "%dLocal%\TechSmith"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "slack" "%cLocal%\slack" "%dLocal%\slack"
                                        	rem 	call :copyDir "ProgramFiles" %cPF% %dPF%
                                        	rem )
                                        	call :copyDir "VLC settings" "%cRoam%\vlc" "%dRoam%\vlc"
                                        	call :copyDir "FaxFinder settings" "%cRoam%\FaxFinder Client Software" "%dRoam%\FaxFinder Client Software"
                                        	
                                        	REM The remaining dirs are specific to Windows 10 
                                        	REM Note: A starup script will be required on first login to copy the favorites for Microsoft edge to the Packages directory in the newly created User
                                        	REM That logon script would only need to be one line like so...
                                        	REM ROBOCOPY "%localAppData%\MicrosoftEdge\User" "%localAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User" /S /MIR /MT:64 /LOG:C:\logs\edgeBookmarks.txt /IS /R:1 /W:1 
                                        	
                                        	rem call :copyDir "Microsoft Edge Customizations" "%cLocal%\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\MicrosoftEdge\User" "%dLocal%\MicrosoftEdge\User"
                                        	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 1 of 3" "%cLocal%\TileDataLayer" "%dLocal%\TileDataLayer"
                                        	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 2 of 3" "%cRoam%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" "%dRoam%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu"
                                        	call :copyDir "Start Menu Tiles Part 3 of 3" "%cLocal%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell" "%dLocal%\Microsoft\Windows\Shell"
                                        	
                                        	echo. Done Copying AppData Folders...
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :CustomSettings
                                        	REM This Function copies the ntuser.dat and related system files that store things like task bar pin order, 
                                        	REM mapped network drives, taskbar toolbars, explorer settings, desktop background settings, etc.
                                        	REM It uses xcopy to copy all files that start with ntuser via * wildcard and uses the options...
                                        	REM \H - copy hidden system files /Y - overwrite existsing files without prompt 
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Copying custom settings (i.e. task bar pins and toolbars, desktop background, etc.) from ntuser .dat system files..."
                                        	
                                        	XCOPY %custom%\ntuser* %default%\ /H /Y > %logs%\ntuserFiles.log
                                        
                                        	echo. Done Copying Custom Settings
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :CopyToNetwork
                                        	REM This copies the newly created profile to the network share
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Copying profile to network!"
                                        
                                        	ROBOCOPY %default% %share%\Default /S /MIR /R:1 /W:1 /MT:128 /ZB /XJ
                                        	XCOPY %default%\ntuser* %share%\Default\ /H /Y > %logs%\ntuserFilesRemote.log
                                        
                                        	net use %share% /delete 
                                        
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :dots
                                        	REM just echoing dots in a Function instead of copy pasting them so that it's consistent
                                        	echo ......................................................................
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :funcHead
                                        	REM A simple function for displaying a consistent header at the start of functions
                                        	call :dots
                                        	echo. %~1
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        

                                        Batch script/snapin to Apply Default Profile

                                        ::-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        :: Script Name: Apply-Default-Profile-args
                                        :: Original Author: jfullmer
                                        :: Created Date: 2016-02-18 16:39:27
                                        :: Last Updated Date: 2016-05-11 16:29:08
                                        :: Update Author: jfullmer
                                        :: Version: 2.7
                                        ::-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        
                                        @ECHO OFF
                                        	REM @ECHO off to not output the commands being run to the console
                                        	REM Requires args passed of department
                                        	rem if department is Touchscreen autologon is enabled and fog will reboot after applying the profile
                                        
                                        set dept=%1
                                        call :OSversion
                                        
                                        call :main
                                        exit
                                        
                                        :main
                                        	REM main Function that just calls the other Functions
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Welcome to the Windows 10 Default Profile Copy Script!"
                                        	call :setVars
                                        	call :CopyFromNetwork
                                        	call :funcHead "Done creating custom default profile! & echo.Goodbye"	
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :setVars
                                        	REM Function to set script variables
                                        
                                        	REM c stands for Custom, d stands for default. cUser should be the name of the user you Customized
                                        	REM These variables just point to the user folders and the local and roaming appdata folders that 
                                        	REM store all the settings for a user profile
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Setting directory variables..."
                                        	
                                        	set cUser=adl
                                        	set custom=C:\Users\%cUser%
                                        	set default=C:\Users\Default
                                        	set cLocal=C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Local
                                        	set dLocal=C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
                                        	set cRoam=C:\Users\%cUser%\AppData\Roaming
                                        	set dRoam=C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
                                        	set share=\\path\to\share\%winVer%\%dept%
                                        	net use %share% /USER:domain\user password
                                        		
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :OSversion
                                        	:: Function to get current OS version
                                        	echo. Getting OS...
                                        	FOR /F "tokens=4-5 delims=. " %%i in ('ver') do set os=%%i.%%j
                                        	if "%os%" == "5.1" set winVer=WinXP
                                        	if "%os%" == "5.2" set winVer=WinXP
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.1" set winVer=Win7
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.2" set winVer=Win8
                                        	if "%os%" == "6.3" set winVer=Win8.1
                                        	if "%os%" == "10.0" set winVer=Win10
                                        
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :CopyFromNetwork
                                        	REM This copies the newly created profile to the network share
                                        
                                        	call :funcHead "Copying profile From network!"
                                        	echo. Delete and recreate default profile folder so there aren't remnants of other profiles...
                                        	rmdir %default% /S /Q
                                        	mkdir %default% 
                                        	ROBOCOPY %share%\Default %default% /S /MIR /R:1 /W:1 /MT:128 /ZB /LOG:C:\defaultProfileApplied-%dept%.log
                                        	XCOPY %share%\Default\ntuser* %default%\ /H /Y > C:\defaultProfile-ntuser-%dept%.log
                                        
                                        	net use %share% /delete 
                                        
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :dots
                                        	REM just echoing dots in a Function instead of copy pasting them so that it's consistent
                                        	echo ......................................................................
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        
                                        :funcHead
                                        	REM A simple function for displaying a consistent header at the start of functions
                                        	call :dots
                                        	echo. %~1
                                        	call :dots
                                        	EXIT /B
                                        

                                        Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
                                        https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
                                        https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
                                        https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
                                        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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                                        • Wayne WorkmanW
                                          Wayne Workman @JJ Fullmer
                                          last edited by

                                          @Arrowhead-IT That is a sick setup, good job man! I’m not as skilled with batch scripting as you are, clearly.

                                          I’ll be using this tomorrow.

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                                          • x23piracyX
                                            x23piracy
                                            last edited by x23piracy

                                            Hi,

                                            i don’t use that tricky registry tweaks for making a profile to default.
                                            Ever tried STRG + SHIFT + F3 in Express Settings to enter Audit mode?
                                            Then do your changes and fire a sysprep:

                                            sysprep /oobe /generalize /shutdown /unattend:c:\pathtoanswerfile\unattend.xml
                                            Make sure your unattend.xml has the copyprofile option enabled!!!
                                            Now take your image.

                                            If you ever need to make changes restore to vm again let it boot and goto audit mode again: sysprep /audit /reboot

                                            I have that parts scripted for my self and can give you that stuff if you need.

                                            Never try to uninstall staged appx apps or you break sysprep, also don’t use O&O Shutup or Stuff like that this also breaks sysprep.

                                            Regards X23

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