A script can be written that automatically populates a particular machine or
user account with documents at login. You mentioned domain so I assume we're
on a network here. Unplug the network cable and try recreating the profile
and see what happens.

"Thorny" wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I am totally baffled by this, A user was getting a VB error when opening
> office which dissapeared when I logged on as another user, so I thought I
> would recreate their user profile by renaming their profile and logging back
> on. Strangely, the same files appeared in the profile, including my docs,
> desktop and favourites. I completely moved any profiles that existed for
> that user out of the 'docs and settings' folder but any new profiles are
> created with the files aready in the profile.
>
> I checked the userprofile path by running 'echo %username%' and the profile
> matches the one that was recreated. I have also checked the default user and
> all user profiles and they don't have the files saved in them. I have even
> deleted the domain user from 'control panel-> user accounts' but to no avail.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about creating a fresh profile?