Rename Profile?

[Michael McGinley]

I have a situation that looks like a corrupted profile. Is there a way i can
rename a profile?

What it the best method for creating a new profile for a user in a domain
enviornment and not chance the loss of data?

Thanks in advance.

 

[David H. Lipman]

Rename the profile of the Domain User.
For example for the user account named 'lipman'..

Original profile...
C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\

Rename the profile to...
C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\

Have the user logon on again and a new profile will be created. If things work correctly,
have the user logoff. Now you logon as the as the administrator or a user with
administrative rights and copy the files and directories from...
C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\

to

C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\

* EXCEPT *
DON'T COPY - C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\ntuser.*
Which is the user's Registry which is probably the corrupted aspect.


--
Dave




| I have a situation that looks like a corrupted profile. Is there a way i can
| rename a profile?
|
| What it the best method for creating a new profile for a user in a domain
| enviornment and not chance the loss of data?
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
|

 

[Michael McGinley]

Thank you very much for your response David!

Here is my issue, I cannot rename this profile. Even though I am logged in
as an Admin and a seperate user. It gives an error.

Probably some Domain Security Policy!

Thank you again Dave.

 

[David H. Lipman]

It is either a Policy or a file handle is in use in the user's profile.

Reboot into Safe Mode and shutdown as many applications as possible then try to rename the
profile.

Report back the results.

--
Dave




| Thank you very much for your response David!
|
| Here is my issue, I cannot rename this profile. Even though I am logged in
| as an Admin and a seperate user. It gives an error.
|
| Probably some Domain Security Policy!
|
| Thank you again Dave.
|
| | > Rename the profile of the Domain User.
| > For example for the user account named 'lipman'..
| >
| > Original profile...
| > C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\
| >
| > Rename the profile to...
| > C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\
| >
| > Have the user logon on again and a new profile will be created. If things
| > work correctly,
| > have the user logoff. Now you logon as the as the administrator or a user
| > with
| > administrative rights and copy the files and directories from...
| > C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\
| >
| > to
| >
| > C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\
| >
| > * EXCEPT *
| > DON'T COPY - C:\Documents and Settings\lipman.bak\ntuser.*
| > Which is the user's Registry which is probably the corrupted aspect.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Dave
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | > | I have a situation that looks like a corrupted profile. Is there a way i
| > can
| > | rename a profile?
| > |
| > | What it the best method for creating a new profile for a user in a
| > domain
| > | enviornment and not chance the loss of data?
| > |
| > | Thanks in advance.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

It is either a Policy or a file handle is in use in the user's profile.

Reboot into Safe Mode and shutdown as many applications as possible then
try to rename the
profile.

Report back the results.

Also, try making a copy of that folder with a different name.

Then delete the profile (Control Panel--> System --> Advanced --> User
Profiles Settings button)
Let them log back in, and dump the documents, favorites, desktop icons etc
back in.