Locate the following registry entry and change the profilesdirectory back to. The newly copied default folder should inherit the permissions from its parent folder, c. Open the my documents folder by clicking the start button, and then clicking computer. Below you can find the default path location on your disk for every user. Changing the default profile in windows 7 registry is still viable, but. To find a user profile path in registry in windows 7 the default location for the user profile in windows 7 is c. There are times when moving windows user profiles off the default location is necessary, especially if there is no enough space on the system partition. But the other day, when i took on the seemingly easy task of moving one of my user profiles to a different partition from c. After doing this, you could navigate to the system properties control panel, click the advanced tab, click the settings button under the user profiles heading, and use the copy to. Windows does not support using copyprofile to copy these settings serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. With auto login enabled, when you restart the machine it automatically logs on a named user. User profiles and user folders redirection using gpo chuong k.
How do you set a default user profile in windows 7. At the right pane rightclick at the personal folder that you want to change its default location and. Move the entire user profiles to another drive in windows. Microsoft does not support copying profiles under windows 7 and windows server 2008. How to change the default location of windows 7 user folders check the related tutorials. Customize the default user profile by using copyprofile.
In the value data box, type the correct path for your user profile. First, you create a default user profile with the customizations that you want, run sysprep with copyprofile set to true in the answer file, copy the customized default user profile to a network share, and then you. And if you dont have an account that has the profile saved in the same drive as the system, you only have one choice to bring your windows 7 to life. This was a windows 2008 r2 remote desktop server, but this could have just as easily happened to a system running windows 7 or windows 8, or even windows 2012. Create a temporary user account when asked for a new name. Say you have a user account martin and a user profile folder under c. The registry contains information that windows continually references during operation, such as profiles for each user, the applications installed on the computer and the types of documents that each can create, property sheet settings for folders and application icons, what hardware exists on the system, and the ports that are being used. Creating a new default profile for windows 7 and 8 newbies. Download and edit the rdp file for your imaging reservation from the vcl. Documents, downloads, pictures, music, videos to a different location drive on. To find a user profile path in registry in windows 7. Logged on with default profile posted in windows 7. How to change user profile default location in windows 7 next of.
If you copy these settings to another user profile, windows treats them as invalid and resets them the first time that the user signs in. The process in windows 2000, xp, and vista involved first creating a user profile using a dummy account that contained all of the settings you desired for your users. The procedure outlined here assumes that you have installed windows 7 or 8 should work in either of those operating systems up to the point of creating a user. Copy a modified user profile over the default profile. Select enabled in the policy properties window, and click on the ok button to save the changes. How to resolve error the user profile service failed the. A windows user profile defines the look and feel of the desktop environment. Creating a new default profile for windows 7 and 8. Login to another user account with admin privileges or boot your computer in safe mode and follow the steps below to fix corrupted user profile in windows 10. Note, when i first made this post i just hacked around to see how i could copy the profile in windows 7 since the copy to. How to change default user account picture in windows 10. Customize the default local user profile when preparing an. This profile is downloaded to any computer that a user logs onto on a network. Some background information may help you understand why or how your user profile can get infected.
By default, windows vista will always unload the users registry even if there are. The image files for the default guest and default user accounts also. Log on as a user other than the new user you just created or the user that you want to copy files from. Today i set up a windows 7 professional laptop on a customers network. Some user profile settings, including default apps, are encrypted by using a hash that is specific to the user. These steps can be followed if a user profile was deleted by deleting or removing the c. How to change user profile path in windows 7 dalaris.
The problem you will run into is that a new user profile is dynamically created in windows 7 and does not store all the default settings in a nice neat place like windows xp did. Then, you can fix a corrupted user profile in windows 7 via registry. Click the left mouse button on the folder in the left panel that corresponds to your sid. How to change the default location of a user profile in vista and windows 7. Because of the malware infections, the user profile deletion did not complete successfully. Managing user profiles using group policy windows 7 tutorial. However, you do have to clean out the other user s files, and it will have all their settings and personal stuff, plus a lot of junk in application data. Warning before you attempt to make any change in the registry make sure. Delete windows 7 user profile registry key matts tech.
How to configure the windows default user profile apache vcl. Follow the given steps to know how you can locate the path of your machines. Top 3 ways to fix a corrupted user profile windows 7. On the run command window, type regedit and click on ok.
Changing the default profile in windows 7 registry is still viable, but again some cases where it should be working and does not. How to customize a default user profile in windows 7, windows vista, windows server 2008, and windows server 2008 r2 the only supported method for customizing the default user profile is by using the microsoft windows shellsetup\copyprofile parameter in the unattend. You can manage the behavior of user profiles especially roaming user. This leads us to step 1 of how to change the default location of user profiles. Then, in the right pane of the registry, doubleclick state. But if your os disk has not enough free space, then is better to change the default location of your personal folders user files to another drive, in case that. How to configure the windows default user profile apache. How to move user folders change default save location in. This will show you how to move the default location of a user profile in windows 7 and vista to another location of your choice so it will be stored and used from the new location instead.
It is quite annoying and can take up to 180300mb of space per user. This article gives the steps to change the default background, default user account image and default login screen image in windows 7. The trick, which also its liability, is to use regedit to set a value for defaultpassword in the registry. A windows user profile defines the look and feel of the desktop environment configured for a particular user. Them not working would be a massive headache and would almost completely warrant staying with xp pro all together, even though xp isnt all that futureproof. The default location of user profile in windows 7 is still the same as vista, in c. Solved customizing default profile in windows 7 spiceworks. In the right panel doubleclick on the apply the default account picture to all users policy to open it. User profile change default location windows 7 help forums. If you dont see the tools item at the top of the window, press the alt key click folder options. That is, the system and admninistrators are assigned full control, and users and everyone have read permissions.
One of the steps i had to take, to cleanup the malware, was recreating a specific user profile. When a new user is created, either when installing windows or any time later, windows uses this default profile as base for the new user profile. Once it has finished copying everything to the new folder, click ok to close the properties window. The default location of user profile in windows 7 is still the same as vista. Fixing user profile cannot be loaded issue in windows 7. We will set up a different partition for user profiles.
How to delete a user profile from the registry robert. How to fix a windows 10, 8 or 7 corrupt user profile. S15265690458716687474524095529500 on the right side under profileimagepath youll see the username and. In this tutorial well walk you through the steps of moving the entire users profile directory for example, c. In the group policy editor go to computer configuration administrative templates control panel user accounts. Fix a corrupted user profile in windows windows help. When i got to the stage of the process where i copy a preconfigured profile to the default user profile the option was greyed. Change personal folders location by using registry windows 8, 7. Restart windows 7 to safe mode, which at least get you to see the desktop. Customizing the default user profile in windows 7 part 6.
Follow these steps to attempt to log back into the user profile. How to manually delete a user profile windows 7 server 2008 r2. Change the default background and user image on windows 7. First, you should find the corrupted profile subkey in windows registry. How to change a windows account name and user profile folder. Windows 7 auto login use regedit to autoadminlogon in. The profile you customized now resides in the default profile location c. Windows 7 out of the box is actually very secure as long as you leave the default settings on uac and firewall turned on and the administrator account disabled. It is not windows itself that downloads files, but rather its.
How to change user profile default location in windows 7. The dafault user profile contains all desktop settings and customizations as well as applications the administrator who. The default location for the user profile in windows 7 is c. The following guide will show you how to configure a few policies using group policy objects gpo to. Uncheck the hide protected operating system files option. Select the user profile to delete and click on the delete button. The first problem was that the local users and groups snapin isnt available in windows 7 home premium. Doubleclick the hard disk drive that windows is installed on its usually your c. Anytime a process attempts to run it will prompt you to allow the program to make changes. Windows 7 only allows its builtin profile copying utility to be used to copy the default profile, not profiles of other user accounts. How to change user profile path in windows 7 chuong k.
This is a brute force method, i know it isnt exactly best practices, but was highly successful once i got the hang of it and since it retains 9099% of my settings for each new user i find it insanely. The personal folders settings per user are stored at the following registry key. Windows 7 loads default instead of usermodified profile. User profiles and user folders redirection using gpo. The default location of a user profile in windows 7 and later os can be found in c. The default profile is a template profile that is used when a user logs on to a windows computer for the first time. This issue can occur following a windows update, partition resizing, user profile creation, or a system restore. Fix the user profile service service failed the logon. What did work was copying another user s profile, then renaming the copy default and adjusting the permissions so everybody has read permission. It contains various settings such as desktop colors, backgrounds, icon placement, and windows explorer settings.
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