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Old 06-29-2007, 07:00 AM
Nightowl
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Re: Copy User Profile Questions...

C J. <no.reply@example.invalid> wrote on Thu, 28 Jun 2007:

>So I copied it all back over to the UserB account. Perhaps theres something
>I'm doing wrong here... but my problem is - now I've got 2 account folders
>called UserB and UserB.Self-xxxxxxxx
>I can't delete UserB.self Because it hoses \UserB and creates a new
>userB.self.



Hello C.J.

As you've found (and Pegasus said!) renaming the profile folder and/or
changing the user logon name doesn't change the registry entry, which is
still pointing at the old folder.

Have a look here at MVP Ramesh's page, particularly the section
"Changing the ProfileImagePath value in the Registry".
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm
That should help, though also be sure to read the important note on the
page concerning programs that may have "hard-wired" pointers to an
absolute path, and of course please make a backup first! :-)

Good luck! Please let us know how you get on :-)

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Old 06-29-2007, 07:00 AM