w7 profiles

Windows 7 – How to rename a corrupt profile

1. Login as a Local Administrator.

2. Rename: c:\users\%username%

3. Export (just as a backup in case you need it) and then delete registry key:

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”

(Look through each Profile key under this reg key and view the “ProfileImagePath” to find which key is related to which user)

4. When the user logs in again windows will create a new profile for the user.

If you do not delete the registry key it will continually give a “temporary” profile to that user infinitely or until you rename their c:\users\%username% folder back.