File associations after migration

Hi
I'm using ADMT 3.2 to migrate Windows 8 machines to a new domain within the same forest and I know that it's not 100% supported but I wonder if anyone
got the same problem as me.
The Migration finish successful without any problems but when the user logs on the file associations are lost and even after choosing program the
question question turns up again the next time the user tries to start the program by clicking on a jpg file or an xls file
And yes the user profiles are migrated.
Any ideas?
Will there be a ADMT 3.X that supports Windows 8 and Windows 2012?
Thanks
Magnus

Hi, Sorry for resurrecting an old post, but I wondered if you ever found a way round this - We are performing an ADMT 3.2 (updated month or so ago to allow support for 2012 and win 8) and running into similar issues....
The ADMT migration runs perfectly, without issues, but upon completion when a user logs into their PC all their file associations are broken - reg keys under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts all seem intact, but until
I go in and delete the UserChoices reg key I cannot set these file associations again!
Looking at a PC before and after migration, there doesn't seem to be any changes (other than the new user is added to the permissions obviously)!
Interestingly, after deleting user choices, I am still not prompted to set "default program" when I double click an affected file type...I have to right click and "Open With" before I see the checkbox to set the default!
Very strange behaviour and must be something to do with the security translation of the registry as part of ADMT if you ask me?
I would be interested to hear anyone's view's on this issue as you and I (so far) seem to be the only ones affected!
Thanks
Paul

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