From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Winston wrote:   
   > On 2/5/2026 9:12 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >>   
   >> You can copy a WindowsXP folder to Windows 10, and it still just works.   
   >> It's genius.   
   >   
   > Not always true.   
   > XP folder name   
   >   C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]   
   > Win10 folder name   
   >   C:\Users\[Username]\Documents   
   >   
   > In XP, username was always local account   
   > IN W10, username is either local or MSA account(the latter 5 characters   
   > of the email address or a system generated user name of alpha based   
   > character name).   
   >   
   > Copying from XP to 10 best approach is to not copy the folder, but the   
   > contents of the folder's files and contents of the subfolder files to   
   > the same named or system generated(or user created) folder names.   
   >   - the destination for the initial copy(disk, usb, network drive) from   
   > XP, then to the Win10 \users\username\Documents folders, subfolders.   
   >   
   > Note: Reply only to Win10 group(since the comment was relative to XP to   
   > Win10)   
      
   Hi Winston,   
      
   I never disagree with a logically sensible statement, so I certainly will   
   not disagree with a single statement you made above, but I'm different.   
      
   Since I worked in the Silicon Valley for decades putting together complex   
   systems for a living I set up my Windows XP machine as a complete system.   
      
   Portability is always a key consideration when setting up software systems.   
      
   My Windows XP Irfanview, for example, was always located in:   
    C:\app\editor\pic\irfanview   
   On every Windows XP machine I've ever owned.   
      
   My Win8 Irfanview, for example, was located in:   
    C:\app\editor\pic\irfanview   
   On every Windows Win8 machine I've ever owned.   
      
   My Windows Vista Irfanview, for example, was located in:   
    C:\app\editor\pic\irfanview   
   On every Windows Vista machine I've ever owned.   
      
   My Windows 10 Irfanview, for example, was located in:   
    C:\app\editor\pic\irfanview   
   On every Windows 10 machine I've ever owned.   
      
   A shortcut from Windows XP days would still work (although sometimes a   
   minor change to the TARGET is needed, e.g., when going from 32->64 bit).   
      
   Almost nothing has changed such that a minor tweak to the shortcut TARGET   
   wouldn't fix it, so I can copy my WinXP menus over to Win10 & they work.   
      
   But, of course, I put NOTHING in the folders which are polluted.   
      
   So I don't use the user folders (all my machines are single user).   
   Nor do I ever put anything on purpose in the Program Files folders.   
      
   But, as Frank already noted, I'm brilliant when it comes to organizing a   
   computer system, so I do agree most people can't do what I easily do.   
      
   Still... I'm always trying to help edify others so that they can too.   
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