Questions tagged [user-profiles]
Questions about a user's profile, home folder and user space files.
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Remote Desktop Connection Manager Delete Profile
I'm using Windows Remote Desktop Manager 2.7. I have some profile saved as 'Global' profiles. Somehow, today, I have managed to save a 'File' profile, which does not appear in the 'Profile Managment' ...
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Domain controller infected with ransomware. How to transfer DC clients to a new domain?
Our company DC got infected with a ransomware & now unable to access to it. Is there any solution to transfer DC clients to a new DC without losing their user existing profiles? Need an urgent ...
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Issue with Error 1310 when installing an app on Windows 10
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I've been having issues with a particular desktop app that I've never had before. The app is having issues writing to a folder in the Documents folder. After verifying ownership of the ...
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Share Application Program for All Users on Windows 10
Just setup a Windows 10 Laptop, I have one base account which is administrator and 2 user accounts to be used by two other users.
I installed an application ( Scratch Desktop ) from base user account ...
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Copy Profile to New Profile on Windows 10 Machine
I was having many problems with my Windows 10 installation, nothing crippling, but I was unable to use features like Windows Hello I could not change from local to a MS account. I contacted MS and ...
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Is it possible to elevate an application to run as admin without changing user context (profile)?
I've been coming across this more often as I roll out Windows 10 workstations and encounter various issues with our current software stack.
Often I'll need to run an application or utility which ...
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How do I remove all traces of a user on a Mac without formatting?
I have a work computer that has lots of certs and configuration on it that I would like to keep.
How do I remove all traces of a user on a Mac without formatting?
I've updated Mac OS by signing in ...
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Is there any way to initialize a new user profile without logging in from the administrator account?
Let's say I'm logged in to this Windows machine with administrator privileges. Once adding a new user, the initial login with the account takes some time. After taking the time, I can quickly login ...
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Where does sysdm.cpl,EditUserProfiles get the data from?
Running this command rundll32 sysdm.cpl,EditUserProfiles will display the 'User Profiles' window showing details about the profiles stored on that machine. The speed at which this screen loads ...
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Duplicating a chrome user (incl. bookmarks, passwords etc)
I sometimes need to open the same sites on different sessions for testing purposes.
Until now I did it with an incognito window, but I'd prefer if it was through a different chrome user, which is more ...
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Could I have problems if I create directories inside /home?
On a laptop used exclusively by me, whit only one personal user account (i.e. let's call it myuser), there could be any problems or annoyances in creating directories inside /home but external to /...
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How can I connect two Ubuntu VMs so that I can log in with the same user on both of them?
I'm not sure as to how I have to approach the task since I can't find any explanation to it on the internet. Both VMs are running with Ubuntu ver. 18.04 and I'm using Virtualbox.
Thanks in advance.
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Removing user profile junction point
Initial state:
My user account profile (on my Windows 10 system)
was on C:\Users\<my account>.
Due to partition size limitations,
I created a folder on E:\Users\<my account>
and created a ...
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Extracting identifiable data by websites from one VM to another
Apologies I'm not a techy..... I currently use Windows 10 virtual machines on VMWare Workstation for a few projects and wanted to know if there is a way to export all the identifiable data that a ...
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Setting up personal notebook for BYOD [closed]
Like most of the employee, I have a company issued notebook which can let me do most of the normal work (e.g. send/receive email, browse the web...).
However, much of my responsibility is involving ...
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Copy Profile to a different Account Name
Is it possible to copy an account profile to a new account that has a different account name?
If so, I would love some links to resources on how to do this or a quick run through here, if someone ...
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Local Mandatory Profile doesn't work after joining a domain
In our training environment we want to run several laptops with temporary profiles. This means that all changes should be deleted after the shutdown. Therefore we use a Mandatory Profile.
The ...
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Move Evernote folder to %USERPROFILE\AppData
I don't like application data clogging up my user folder, so I'm trying to move my Evernote folder, which contains the databases and the main logs, from the default location on the user folder to %...
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What are these files in my Windows 7 user folder for, and are they necessary to keep?
I have the following files in my user folder:
Although the files are system files, I'm constantly seeing them because I'm used to browsing Explorer with system files shown for the greater level of ...
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Remove profiles completely on Windows [closed]
I've set a Group Policy to remove user profiles not used for 30 days, they are training machines. This functions and removes them from the user profiles list (see borrowed image) but leaves the ...
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chrome guest permantly on
I would like chrome to always start in guest mode. NOT --profile-directory="Guest Profile" which gives me options.
ALWAYS in guest mode and not sharing profiles.
incredibly frustrating and annoying....
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Windows couldn't connect to Profsvc service
I tried loging into windows and it throws me this error. This happens for my Visitor account. For admin account it just goes into 'Preparing Desktop' for hours. So i generally restart after that.
I ...
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How to set up a computer with two hard drives?
I recently had to do a clean reinstall of my OS and took the opportunity to get my first solid state drive. The plan is to have my OS and programs on the SSD, and all my files on the mechanical drive. ...
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How can I remove my profile picture from Chrome's navigation area (AKA the "You" button)?
In Chrome 69, Google added a new UI that shows your avatar ("Gmail profile picture") in the top section of the browser even if you haven't signed into Chrome.
I liked the old UI better, and I hate ...
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Disable Chrome / Google Login synchronisation
Is it possible to disable the synchronisation between Google Webpages and Chrome?
I mean: If you login to your gmail account you are also logged in Chrome and vice-versa. To be clear I don't ask if ...
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Completely Reset Windows 10 Account
My issue is as follows:
I have a default user account ("Administrator") on a Windows 10 machine, a built in account that comes with the operating system. I'd like to reset this account (possibly not ...
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Elelevated local admin Runas (or Start-Process -verb Runas) within profile of other user domain user. Is it possible?
I log in as domain user and i want in powershell (or in simple console, no matter) to run a program. the program clean user appdata unnecessary files so it has to operate within user profile. I can do ...
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Mouse clicks stop working shortly after login
I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this but I am really out of ideas:
When I log in (Windows 10), my mouse works fine for a short duration. Then this sound appears when you plug in a ...
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How to backup a local Windows 10 user profile and restore it in Windows 10?
Similar to the question How to backup a user profile and restore it in Windows 7? but for Windows 10:
How can I backup a local Windows 10 user profile (including the user files) and restore it on ...
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Where is the registry location for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable Drive"
Where is the registry location, presumably under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, as the setting is user specific, for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable drive" option?
The user has the option ...
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Windows Command prompt - Allow user / user group to run a specific command
I want to allow a specific user group the right to run format command.
I have checked Microsoft documentation and this is what I have found :
You must be a member of the Administrators group to ...
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Reset windows 10 user profile periodically
I have a windows 10 pc for presentation purposes. I want tot reset the profile and clean the desktop, my documents etc periodically.
Preferably every time windows boots up.
This way if a person ...
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New user profile, can't rollback? - Windows 10 Update April 2018 (1803)
I've just updated my Windows 10 to the April 1803 version, to find a new user profile established in place of my old Windows login. The /mr_g.MR-G directory is the now currently used profile, which is ...
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Windows 10 update 1803 renamed the user account folder with .000 suffix
I installed the Windows 10 update version 1803 yesterday night. Some time later, I realized that for some reason, it had renamed my original User's folder with a .000 suffix. My user account name is ...
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Windows 7 Embedded set to auto login as admin, but occasionally loads with a temporary profile
We have a system with Windows 7 Embedded. It's got Microsoft Security Essentials 4.10.209.0 installed. Automatic Windows Updates are disabled, and the last updates were installed last year in April. ...
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Can't use my windows profile: "We can't sign in to your account"
When I tried to use my computer today while turning it on it showed me (only) the we can't sign error, which is one of the two errros presented in my picture.
I tried a few things but none worked. I ...
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UsrClass.dat not loading when booting directly into profile
Came across a strange issue with Windows 7 on 7 April 2018. Suddenly my computer would not load UsrClass.dat due to the file being open. This Means that the desktop is loaded without my personal ...
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Backup Modified PowerShell Console Colors Properties (Windows 10)
I don't quite understand how this works. So when I open up PowerShell as administrator, I can right click on the title bar, go to "Properties," then go to "Colors" and make changes. For example, I ...
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Chrome multiple-people/profile-switcher feature - how to set active person so that new opened web will go that person 's window
I use profile switcher feature in Chrome browser and want to have new web opened from my OS to be in a selected person aka. set active person so that new opened web will go to that person 's window.
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Windows 7 update changed user profile path to temp/moved old files
My aunt has an old HP G7 laptop. She was in word and saved stuff to her desktop and documents. She shut the computer off and it must have updated windows. When she restarted, her files were gone from ...
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During windows logon process, what is the sequence for Profile Load and GPO?
According to this article: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrenoden/2015/07/28/windows-enterprise-client-boot-and-logon-optimization-part-13-boot-phase-winlogon/, User Profile loads after Group ...
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How to stop Windows from loading the default account at startup
Is there a way to prevent Windows from loading the default account at startup?
One can press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to stop the loading but by then the default account is already loading.
Is there some ...
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"The User Profile Service failed the logon” error. No solution working
The User Profile Service failed the logon
error is popping up each time I start my computer (on Windows 7, workgroup environment). Even Safe mode starts with Default Profile
I have tried following (...
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Is it possible to completely duplicate the state of a user profile?
I have spent hours adjusting the local user profile on my machine... and "OH BOY" is it far off from a typical clean install of Win 10 Home. Started with a clean install, proceeded with a change of ...
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Transfer Files Between Users
Situation:
Two user accounts, userA and userB
Both accounts are on the same physical machine
Need to move files from userA to userB
Files can't be exposed (to the internet/other users, so can't use ...
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Windows 10: cannot use newly created user profiles
On my Windows 10 Professional workstation I have a strange problem.
Every newly created user (local or domain users) creates a new profile, but the new profile is not usable.
In detail, if I click ...
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Windows 10 how to make two identical accounts with shared access to files / programs
I need to know how to make an account that has access to all my main account's files (e.g. Desktop folder), programs, and permissions. Essentially, I need an extra account that has access to ...
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Delete registry key on certain condition
I have a troublesome problem to solve. Browsed internet for some time now but so far haven't got even close to resolving it. Apologies if this has been answered somewhere else.
I look after a call ...
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Windows and Linux using same Firefox profile
I dual-boot Windows 10 and Lubuntu 16.04.3 on one machine. I use Firefox on both OSs. For a long time, I had them both using the same Firefox profile. In Windows, I left the profile in the default ...
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Windows 10 > Control Panel > Mail > Explorer.exe > Appliction not Found
Is there anyway I can delete all mail profiles in Windows 10 without launching Outlook 2016?
Recent Windows 10 Auto-Updates broke this method shown below:
That use to bring up this dialog:
Is there ...
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