System Preparation Tool Directory Not Deleted Upon Cloning
Article ID: 196018
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q196018
SYMPTOMS
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
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.
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