Windows 10: How Do I Restore the Original Profile for a User

My brother unexpectedly passed away and I finally gained access to his computer. It took me a while to locate where his PIN was so I had re-enabled the built-in Administrator account. I also attempted to clone his profile using ForensiT User Profile Wizard. I discovered where his PIN was and when I went to log in, it ran the profile creation as if his main account was a new user.I looked in C:\Users and there are two folders with his account name:\MYBROTHER\MYBROTHER.COMPUTERNAMEThe MYBROTHER.COMPUTERNAME one is the new one. How do I get it to go back to using the other one? He has things in t

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restore my original profile

Thank you Mr Sayan Ghosh,

Many attempts still yield no restoration to previous profile.

From the temp profile, I'm not able to add user, to establish a new user desktop.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

warren

 

Unable to point Windows to proper C:/User profile

When restoring your files you should direct them to the new profile location. This command will tell you its name:

echo %UserProfile%

I suggest you only restore these folders:

• Desktop
• Documents
• Downloads
• Music
• Pictures
• Videos

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!