Problem after copying a user profile to "All Users" profile

[Guest]

After I installed Win XP and applications, I copy the user profile to "All
Users" profile (which I found out later that I should copy to "DefaultUser"
profile instead). Then many applications (e.g. MS Office) from Start -> All
Programs cannot be found. Even, the system restore function in Accessories
-> System Tools also lost. So I could not do system restore.

How can I get back the applications displayed ?

Thank you.

Debbie

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After I installed Win XP and applications, I copy the user profile
to "All Users" profile (which I found out later that I should copy
to "DefaultUser" profile instead). Then many applications (e.g. MS
Office) from Start -> All Programs cannot be found. Even, the
system restore function in Accessories -> System Tools also lost.
So I could not do system restore.

How can I get back the applications displayed ?

Restore from your file backups..
Or manually recreate the shortcuts you need.

 

[Larry Gardner]

How did you copy the user profile and what. Hopefully you did not copy the
user's ntuser.dat file and such. Did you do a Select All , copy and paste?
Or did you delete everything under All Users, then Select All, copy paste to
All User?