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Vista profile folder cannot be recreated???

Sep 11, 2007 6:22PM PDT

I have a problem using vista home & bussiness.
When I just delete a user profile folder at "C:\user\peter", the profile folder cannot be created next logon to peter. Vista said "windows cannot load the user profile, use tempory ...."
I try that delete the peter account and then recreate that, the profile folder can be created again. But I don't want that solution.
Can anyone help me?

Thanks!

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What is the actual goal?
Sep 12, 2007 2:01PM PDT

You're deleting an entire profile folder, which includes all of the user's settings, preferences, e-mails, etc. That naturally cripples the account since there are no settings to load, forcing Windows to look for system defaults, if possible. It's essentially the same as deleting and recreating the user's account, so I'm not sure why that solution is not viable in your case. What exactly are you trying to accomplish by deleting the profile? It sounds like you may want to only delete part of the user profile instead of its entirety.

John

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I would like to do the same as the Windows XP can in Vista.
Sep 13, 2007 11:57AM PDT

I would like to delete the old profile and renew that.

The Windows XP can be just delete the profile in "C:\Documents and Settings\", the new profile will be recreated after next login. The Vista cannot do that.

I would like to do the same as the Windows XP can in Vista.

Thanks!