Jupiter said:
Steve;
You need to read the article again for what you missed.
I've read it several times, it never mentions to login as the new user
before copying the profile. Show me where this step is. I've tried it as
it is and without that step it will not work because there is no
destination user folder structure to. Here's the instructions:
"Create a New User Profile in Windows XP Professional
1. Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Advanced.
5. In the left pane, click the Users folder.
6. On the Action menu, click New User.
7. Enter the appropriate user information, and then click Create.
Create a New User Profile in Windows XP Home Edition
1. Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials.
2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
3. Click User Accounts.
4. Under Pick a task, click Create a new account.
5. Type a name for the user information, and then click Next.
6. Click an account type, and then click Create Account."
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****Here is where the step to login as the new user is missing!****
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"Copy Files to the New User Profile
1. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying
files to or from.
2. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click the
View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the Hide
protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
3. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where C is
the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is the name
of the profile you want to copy user data from.
4. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
• Ntuser.dat
• Ntuser.dat.log
• Ntuser.ini
5. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
6. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where C is
the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is the name
of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile"
section.
7. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
8. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user."
Do not be deceived by the title.
Whether a profile is corrupted or not is not relevant.
The article applies in both cases.
Yes I know it will work, provided the missing step to login as the new
user before copying the profile is done. The reason this article is
appropriate for copying a corrupted profile is by NOT copying the
Ntuser.dat, Ntuser.dat.log and Ntuser.ini files. For a non-corrupted
profile this doesn't matter and doing the same essetial thing from My
Computer, Properties, Advanced, User Profiles is easier and faster.
Steve
