Move Computer - Transwiz & PDQ Deploy

Transwiz & PDQ Deploy

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Category: ForensiT Support
Forum Name: Move Computer
Forum Description: User Profile Transfer Wizard questions, suggestions, comments and bug reports
URL: https://forum.ForensiT.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2126
Printed Date: 27 Mar 2026 at 12:28am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.03 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Transwiz & PDQ Deploy

Posted By: RoyMcMorran
Subject: Transwiz & PDQ Deploy
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2022 at 7:00pm

Hello,

Has anyone used Transwiz (Professional) successfully in conjunction with https://pdq.com/pdq-deploy/" rel="nofollow - PDQ Deploy to transfer a profile from a remote PC?

I have created a job in PDQ that copies the Transwiz deployment folder up to the remote PC, and then issues the Transwiz command on the remote PC - something like this:

cd \Users\pdq\AppData\Local\Temp\Transwiz\

.\transwiz.exe /BACKUP /TRANSFERFILE \\MYSERVER\archive\users\user.zip /SOURCEACCOUNT MYDOMAIN\user /LOG \\MYSERVER\archive\users\transwiz-user.log

The job launches and runs, and I can see the Transwiz process running on the remote PC. I can also see the log file is written to successfully on "MYSERVER" and has the contents:

ForensiT Transwiz v1.17.1094

Licensed to XXX XXXXXXXX (1 User) Serial No. XXXXXXXX

www.ForensiT.com

Packing transfer file for MYDOMAIN\user...

However the zip file is never created on "MYSERVER" and the Transwiz process on the remote PC seems to run indefinitely with no output created. This is a fresh test profile and only ~0.5GB so it shouldn't take more than a minute or two to copy but it's still running after an hour.

The Transwiz.config file that gets deployed contains domain admin credentials (although I'm not sure they are needed since we're not joining). And the PDQ service account that runs the task has domain and local admin privs on the remote PC, and also has access to write to the share on "MYSERVER".

Has anyone ever made this work (or something similar), or have any suggestions?

Thanks very much!

Replies:

Posted By: knewbee
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2022 at 8:45pm

Did you ever find a solution to this? I am in the same spot at the moment.

Posted By: RoyMcMorran
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2022 at 2:07pm

Alas I did not, and (with it being a bit of a one-off) we ended up just going deskside to run Transwiz. Just didn't have the time to invest in troubleshooting it. If I ever get back to it and find a solution I'll certainly post back. Please let me know if you have any luck!