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My biggest concern was my own a**. I wanted to stress the fact that although MS has changed their policy and upgrade now works without issues even with relocated Users folder, the fact that you have also relocated ProgramData which is no longer supported in Windows 8 and later makes it a bit more complicated.
I've had my share of members posting something like "I skipped this and that part of your instructions and now my system is dead. I blame you!"
As you can see I am an egoistic coward, the main purpose of my previous post being to cover my a**
OK, seriously:
I cannot tell you how different programs when reinstalled react and handle older user data. If you have any doubts and want to assure everything works as before, the upgrade might be the correct solution for you.
Personally I have never had any issues with user data when doing a clean fresh install. Before doing it I copy my existing user data to an external target, reinstall Windows and my software, and finally restore the user data to respective folders in new install.
Kari