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I have a user on my domain that when she logs out, her profile seems to get removed and recreated. First it was C:\Users\Username
, then Username.Domain
, then Username.Domain.000
, and the numbers kept going up and up.
I copied the data out of those folders to a safe folder, removed the user profiles and their folders, then had the user log in again to recreate a fresh one. I copied the data back to her new profile, and things seemed to be good.
This weekend passed, and she logged in again this morning to a fresh desktop. I checked the Application Logs, and I saw a weird entry:
Windows Search Service indexed data for user "<domain>\<Username>" successfully removed in response to user profile deletion
. I've never seen this issue before, so I Googled. I found out we are supposed to delete the profile from HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
, but I'd like to find the actual cause of this issue. Why is the profile getting deleted? I'm not seeing anything else in the Event Log relating to this.
Does this user always use the same device to log into the domain? – Ramhound – 2015-01-12T17:53:06.173
Same device, connected via Ethernet cable - So, no wireless interference, and no weird travelling machine syndrome – Canadian Luke – 2015-01-12T18:05:04.573
As you have a backup of user files I'd probably cut your losses trying to resolve it and re-image the workstation. The problem is linked to Windows trying not to lose your data by creating temporary profiles. It isn't deleting them. This is a preventative measure by Microsoft. You can fix it by following the registry fix ("ProfileList"). It will be a mismatch of profile loaded and actual profile location. – Kinnectus – 2015-01-12T18:41:46.437