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After uninstalling and reinstalling a (buggy) software I'm working on, the following has happened:
- When I rebooted and logged in the first time, the whole of my Users folder was wiped out: preferences, documents, etc. I have lost about 100go of data :(
- I have logged out, logged in as another admin user, deleted my profile in \Users, deleted my profile in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList (as suggested here)
- Now whenever I login, my user profile is wiped out and recreated. Any modification I make to my profile (desktop shortcuts, wallpaper...) is removed when I logout/login.
- I have tried to login on another computer, and the same thing happens.
- The AD admins have created another profile for me to logon with, and I don't seem to have this kind of problem with it.
With the two last points, I guess that my computer is not bugged, but it's my Active Directory profile that's problematic.
What can I do to cleanup my profile so it stops doing that ?
Thanks !
1Are you a domain user? Or is this a home computer? Also, Do you get the error "The User Profile Service failed the logon" – user-44651 – 2013-04-26T13:21:38.040
I'm a domain user. No, I don't get this error message. I have new information; I will update my question. – thomasb – 2013-04-26T16:07:13.210
What was that software doing? was it designed to delete user profiles? – jao – 2013-04-26T16:40:40.197
Maybe it's a setting in the ntuser.dat of your profile. ntuser.dat is your user's registry file. If that file is stored in your network profile and is loaded every time you sign in it would be the place to look. See this kb article on how to edit the ntuser.dat file.
– jao – 2013-04-26T16:43:07.347No the software has nothing to do with user profiles. I will take a look at the kb article, thanks. – thomasb – 2013-05-06T07:30:12.217