# Transferring settings from Vista to XP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-settings-from-vista-to-xp/443558>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-settings-from-vista-to-xp/443558 "2008-04-01T18:04:17Z")\
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Like many people, I’m very unhappy with Vista, and I’ve decided to install XP on my laptop instead. However, I can’t figure out how to transfer my files and settings. I tried running the XP files and transfer wizard (from the XP CD) on Vista, and it crashed with a less-than-helpful error. I know I can manually copy off the files I need, but transferring settings is a little more difficult than that.

Anyone have any ideas?