Windows 7 – How to Fix User Redirected to System32\config\systemprofile

windows 7

My problem is: I have an user on my laptop named alfa. That is the administrator profile.

Well, about a few days ago I "lost" everything. Somehow windows redirected user prefences to

System32\config\systemprofile

. But my user data is here:

c:\users\alfa

How can I redirect it to the default, where my user data is. I have already redirected the documents, desktop, etc… But there may something like appdata and you know I want to get my background back and my old startmenu, etc.

How can i do it?

Best Answer

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/changing-profile-from-windows-registry/

Log into the system with local administrative rights, open RegEdit, and go to:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

You will see SID on the left pane and when you select each SID, you will see the profile path for each user that has logged into the system.

Find the profile with the string value ProfileImagePath containing path to

System32\config\systemprofile

and change it back to

c:\users\alfa

Be sure not to change the system account (should be the first key on the list).

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