Profile Migration Tool (PowerShell GUI)

A lightweight, GUI-based utility designed to streamline the migration of user profile data between Windows workstations. This tool acts as a wrapper for Robocopy, providing a user-friendly interface for IT technicians to perform data transfers without needing to memorize complex command-line arguments.

🚀 Features

• GUI Interface: Built using PowerShell and Windows Forms for ease of use.
• Auto-Elevation: Automatically detects if the script is running as Administrator and prompts for elevation if necessary.
• Robocopy Optimization:
  • Multi-threaded transfer (/MT:32) for speed.
  • Restartable mode (/ZB) for resilience against network interruptions.
  • Preserves file attributes and timestamps (/COPY:DAT).
• Smart Exclusions: Automatically excludes system heavy/locked folders (e.g., AppData, OneDrive cache) to prevent profile corruption on the destination machine.
• Logging: Generates detailed transfer logs on the technician's desktop for verification.

📋 Prerequisites

To use this tool effectively in a domain or workgroup environment:

1. Permissions: The user running the script must have Local Administrator privileges on both the Source and Destination machines.
2. Network Access: Both computers must be online and reachable.
3. Admin Shares: Windows Administrative Shares (C$) must be enabled on the target machines.

🛠️ Usage

1. Run the script:

   .\profile-migration-tool.ps1

2. Username: Enter the Active Directory or Local username of the profile to copy.
3. Source/Destination: Enter the Computer Name (or Service Tag/IP Address) for the source and destination machines.
4. Click Start Migration.
5. A command window will open to display the real-time progress of Robocopy. Once finished, check the log file created on your desktop.

⚙️ How It Works

The script constructs a dynamic Robocopy command based on the inputs:

robocopy "\\Source\c$\Users\User" "\\Dest\c$\Users\User" /E /ZB /COPY:DAT /MT:32 ...