Windows cannot load the locally stored profile..

[yuppicide]

I came into the office today and got the message "Windows cannot load the
locally stored profile." --- I've had this happen once or twice before.. I
rebooted and things were fine. This time it didn't work.

So, I've been fooling around for like 3 hours setting everything up as I had
it previously. I figured out how to get back all my Firefox bookmarks and
passwords. They were still stored under my username. Also got back most of
my Thunderbird emails.. I lost my sent box and some of my inbox. Got back my
Outlook emails as well. I'm only using Outlook mainly to communicate here.

Here's the problem.. some of my installed programs were missing, so I went
to re-download them. I have Firefox set to save items to my desktop. After
downloading they were nowhere to be seen! That's where the problem comes in.

I noticed my new profile is stored as C:\Documents and
Settings\TEMP\Desktop --- my old profile was the same except replace TEMP
with my username.

So, even though I have it set to save to Desktop, Firefox is still saving my
files to the old desktop.

I've asked on the Firefox forums what to do about that, but I'll ask here
should I be worried that my profile is in a directory marked TEMP? What do I
do?

 

[Teneo]

Is this in an Office with a Server ?

If so then it is a server / pc issue as roaming profiles may be switched on
and requires server IT intervention.

Being in TEMP profile means any new settings will not be copied back to
server.

If its a workgroup pc then Im stuck...

 

[John Wunderlich]

I came into the office today and got the message "Windows cannot
load the locally stored profile." --- I've had this happen once or
twice before.. I rebooted and things were fine. This time it
didn't work.

So, I've been fooling around for like 3 hours setting everything
up as I had it previously. I figured out how to get back all my
Firefox bookmarks and passwords. They were still stored under my
username. Also got back most of my Thunderbird emails.. I lost my
sent box and some of my inbox. Got back my Outlook emails as well.
I'm only using Outlook mainly to communicate here.

Here's the problem.. some of my installed programs were missing,
so I went to re-download them. I have Firefox set to save items to
my desktop. After downloading they were nowhere to be seen! That's
where the problem comes in.

I noticed my new profile is stored as C:\Documents and
Settings\TEMP\Desktop --- my old profile was the same except
replace TEMP with my username.

So, even though I have it set to save to Desktop, Firefox is still
saving my files to the old desktop.

I've asked on the Firefox forums what to do about that, but I'll
ask here should I be worried that my profile is in a directory
marked TEMP? What do I do?

Have you tried this:

"How to recover the damaged user profile in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555473>

HTH,
John

 

[Alistair Nottingham]

Hi Yuppicide (or anyone listening),
I have this same issue and it is an office with a server (SBS 2003). What do I need to do on the server to be able to rectify this issue for one of our users?
Thanks, Alistair

 

[Tim Meddick]

Open [Regedit.exe] and change the following values (paths) to point to your
current desktop (folder).

Normally the (path) to the user's desktop is :

C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Desktop

The keys/values to change are located at :

Key;

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders"

Value;
"Desktop"

....and any others under the same key that you see are obviously incorrect.

Also, you may possibly need to change the same values under ;

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders"

Or, if you are the system's administrator (or know him), it would be better
to start from scratch and create a new user profile.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.