You want to use an <unconditionalExclude> so that your exclusions override the default inclusion of all top-level folders that happens automatically when using migdocs.xml. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd560762(v=WS.10).aspx#BKMK_UnconditionalExclude.
Thanks, -Michael From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kish n Kepi Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 9:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDT-OSD] Newbie Needs Help with USMT Hello, I hope this is the right forum. If not, my apologies. I'm trying to use USMT to migrate primarily data from user profiles to a new computer. My main concern is excluding the c:\DB2 and C:\IBM folders where IBMs DB2 and WebSphere are installed, as they do not transfer well, and leave 'stuff' all over that makes even a fresh reinstall difficult. I created a custom.xml with the requisite: <exclude> <objectSet> <pattern type="File"> C:\IBM\* [*]</pattern> <pattern type="File"> C:\DB2\* [*]</pattern> </objectSet> </exclude> but the C:\DB2 folder is getting transferred, even though I include the /i:custom.xml on both the scanstate and loadstate. What am I missing? Kish
