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Ryan0000
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Dec 08, 2021

Powershell Script to move Profile, Mapped Drives, Printers, and Files

I'm trying to find some example scripts to migrate Windows 10 user profiles to a new computer, but haven't had any luck with my searches.  I just started a new job and have about 60 desktops to swap ...
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Ryan0000
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Jan 29, 2022
I agree...configuring things from the domain would be nice. I'm not currently a domain admin, but am the office admin of about 55 workstations + laptops for those folks. The drive mappings are going to a server I control permissions to... I have already worked out the script that handles the mappings.

I really just need to find a way to migrate bookmarks/favorites/etc in web browsers if I can write a script to do that.
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    Harm_Veenstra
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    Feb 03, 2022
    Did this work for you?
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    Harm_Veenstra
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    Jan 29, 2022

    Ryan0000 I made a copy script for that, replace d:\backup with your own path. h:\backup is h:\ is the homedirectory of the user, you could run it during login using a Group Policy User Logon Script or similar.

     

    Backup:

    #Google Chrome Backup Bookmarks
if (Test-Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks") {
	if (-not (test-path d:\Backup\Chrome)) { New-Item -Path d:\Backup\Chrome -Type Directory -Force:$true }
	Copy-Item -Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks" -Destination d:\Backup\Chrome\ -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
}

#Google Edge Backup Bookmarks
if (Test-Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks") {
	if (-not (test-path d:\Backup\Edge)) { New-Item -Path d:\Backup\Edge -Type Directory -Force:$true }
	Copy-Item -Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks" -Destination d:\Backup\Edge\Bookmarks -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
}

#Mozilla Firefox Backup Bookmarks
if (Test-Path "$($env:APPDATA)\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles") {
	if (-not (test-path d:\Backup\FireFox)) { New-Item -Path d:\Backup\FireFox -Type Directory -Force:$true }
	$MozillaPlaces = (get-childitem "$($env:APPDATA)\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" -force -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | where-object { $_.Name -eq 'places.sqlite' }).DirectoryName
	copy-item -path "$MozillaPlaces" -Destination d:\Backup\Firefox -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
}

    Restore:

    #Google Chrome Restore Bookmarks
if (Test-Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks") {
	if (test-path d:\Backup\Chrome) {
		Copy-Item -Path d:\Backup\Chrome\bookmarks -destinatiom	"$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\" -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
	}
}

#Google Edge Restore Bookmarks
if (Test-Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Bookmarks") {
	if (test-path d:\Backup\Edge) {
		Copy-Item -Path d:\Backup\Edge\bookmarks -destination "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\" -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
	}
}
#Mozilla Firefox Restore Bookmarks
# To copy it back... SIDE NOTE*** if mozilla being re-installed or fresah installed, must open mozilla first to recreate a default place.sqlite to replace
if (Test-Path "$($env:APPDATA)\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles") {
	if (test-path d:\Backup\FireFox) {
		$MozillaPlaces = (get-childitem "$($env:APPDATA)\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" -force -recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | where-object Name -eq 'places.sqlite').DirectoryName
		Copy-Item D:\Backup\FireFox\*.* -Recurse -Destination "$($MozillaPlaces)" -Force:$true -Confirm:$false
	}
}

     

    Please test this, I only tested backupping everything, not the restore part 😛 

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