> How do you transfer your (arbitrary) program settings from one computer to another?
Export/import the relevant registry keys, just as you copy/overwrite the relevant config files.
If you can't find the reg keys, what makes you think you can find the config files?
You don't even need to do anything for your roaming user profile to follow you on a windows domain! I couldn't tell you how to accomplish the same on Unix.
> Can I do the same on Windows?
I routinely (ab)use mklink to keep the path identical despite moving things between disks or onto remote shares. Different subdirs within C:\Program Files\ are often on separate disks - just copy, paste, and mklink. I haven't run into an application that complains (although I have had installation scripts botch things on rare occasion by deleting my mklinks.)
You can also do unix style mount-a-disk-in-an-empty-directory if that's your jam, and have e.g. C:\SSD. For the GUI, see the "Disk Management" tool - RMB the partition, "Change Drive Letter and Paths...", "Add...", (*) "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder:". Powershell can use WMI: https://learn-powershell.net/2012/08/10/locating-mount-point...
Export/import the relevant registry keys, just as you copy/overwrite the relevant config files. If you can't find the reg keys, what makes you think you can find the config files?
You don't even need to do anything for your roaming user profile to follow you on a windows domain! I couldn't tell you how to accomplish the same on Unix.
> Can I do the same on Windows?
I routinely (ab)use mklink to keep the path identical despite moving things between disks or onto remote shares. Different subdirs within C:\Program Files\ are often on separate disks - just copy, paste, and mklink. I haven't run into an application that complains (although I have had installation scripts botch things on rare occasion by deleting my mklinks.)
You can also do unix style mount-a-disk-in-an-empty-directory if that's your jam, and have e.g. C:\SSD. For the GUI, see the "Disk Management" tool - RMB the partition, "Change Drive Letter and Paths...", "Add...", (*) "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder:". Powershell can use WMI: https://learn-powershell.net/2012/08/10/locating-mount-point...