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NoMoney2019-05-02 16:09:52
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NoMoney, 2019-05-02 16:09:52

Where is the settings file/folder in Windows 10?

ONLY interested in the settings files of WINDOWS 10 itself (font, mouse, zoom, power, color, selected theme, time zone, taskbar settings, start ...) to copy files from the console (backup).
Disk image and 3rd party apps are not interested. Program settings, programs themselves, files, music, video - NONE of this is needed.
If you think this is not possible, please do not answer the question.

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@nidalee, 2019-05-02
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In theory, these are the entire registry files, but copying them to another PC is hardly a good idea.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM : \system32\config\system
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SAM : \system32\config\sam
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SECURITY : \system32\config\security
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE : \system32\config\software
HKEY_USERS \UserProfile : \winnt\profiles\username
HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT : \system32\config\default

If you don’t need program settings, then you need to separate them from system settings in the registry heap, for this you need to know Windows very well, which folders and keys are native to it, and which programs have changed or added, I very much doubt that at least someone will answer this question for you.
And I still don’t know anything about the Windows settings that are in folders on the disk, for example, something is probably lying around in ProgramData.
Launch settings:
%ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Windows 10 is very suspicious of their change, the start may simply stop opening after manipulating these folders, at least a year and a half ago I personally re-created the user due to poking around in the start folder.
In your case, the correct answer would be a system image deployed to another PC - Windows 10 can adapt to changing most of the hardware components of the system, and leave the settings the same.
If this does not suit you ... Then, most likely, it is not fate.

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Artem @Jump, 2019-05-02
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Where is the settings file/folder in Windows 10?
System most of the data in the registry.
The registry is a series of binary files located in different locations.
For the most part, these files are located in the C:\WINDOWS\System32\config folder
and in the %userprofile%\ntuser.dat file
. Since these files are vital for the functioning of the system, it makes regular backups of them, which are located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder \config\RegBack .
Of course, trying to restore the registry on another system is a pointless undertaking, just destroy the system, because most of the data there is tied to a specific system.
Nevertheless, having a backup of the registry files, you can open it with an editor from another system, and export the necessary hives to another system. But this must be done thoughtfully, with knowledge of the matter.
font, mouse, zoom, power, color, selected theme, time zone, taskbar settings, start
These are user settings, not system settings.

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