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Something is massively broken with my user profile, and I'm struggling to find a fix!!
When logged in as "myuser" my start screen is completely blank. Clicking the down arrow and it appears as if there are no programs installed. Search cannot find results for any programs or files. I cannot open the "PC Settings" app.
Opening Outlook it cannot read my .pst file.
When I try to copy the contents of the C:\Users\myuser directory to another location, it cannot copy the folders, the destination folder remains empty.
Sounds like something has gone majorly wrong with my profile folder, but I cant figure out what. Antivirus is ESET smart security, if that helps!
Sounds annoying. What have you tried to repair it so far? Have you run a disk check to ensure you don't have file-system/disk corruption? If you log in as a different user does it work OK? How about if you reboot into Safe Mode? Why mention ESET, do you suspect a virus for some reason? What's your actual question you'd like an answer to?
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-12-24T17:25:13.800In the end the windows "start up repair" fixed it. Thanks for reminding me there was more I could check :) Only mentioned antivirus in case there were any known issues with it accidentally quarantining things it shouldnt! – Neil P – 2014-12-24T19:22:54.397