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Windows profile horked after power-failure...
Just thought I'd drop my fix if you keep getting a temp profile in Windows, and a system restore won't work, and Windows thinks it wants to keep a lock on the profile.
ALWAYS have a second account that is an admin on Windows boxes for this reason. Reboot safe mode, rename problem home folder \Users\<problem.folder>.old Remove problem account, re-add account, reboot and login to said account, and copy data over a week or so from \Users\<problem.folder>.old to your current home folder, as needed, and files you need. Last edited by the86d; 01-09-2019 at 10:24 AM.. |
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Its not the power failure is windows trying to update and process was stopped. I suggest creating a new user and transfer all files from your user folder: Desktop, Documents, Videos, Pictures etc! |
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Problem is that doesn't always work. I've had that happen several times and just deleting and recreating the user doesn't always fix it. When you are removing a user profile that way, you should also delete the profile registry key. I don't remember the full path to the key but you can Google it. That's always worked for me.
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Horked? Reminds me of a time after gym class and too much Fanta and Cheetos. Phew. Good times. Good times.
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Since my Linux box was rebooted too, it was a power clearly a failure, so the UPS ran out of juice too (mech-switch). Quote:
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I never had to screw with that, my way... As I recall, the cross reference of SID to profile wasn't worth it, the profile/registry settings for the user could still be horked, and it is nice to have zero temp files in the profile too. I had 8GB of bull in my old profile, under appdata. Last edited by the86d; 01-11-2019 at 3:43 AM.. |
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