Windows 10: I can’t remove my old user profile on windows

I'm trying to remove my old user in my Windows but it's not working. Please help

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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!

 

Removing an old user folder

Your one step ahead of me! Whilst waiting for your reply I found the same web site. The weird thing is that the default profile has 2.54 MB & the one I want to delete has 272 MB




I tried the second option: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
and the profile "roysq" is not listed. Getting really confusing now!

What do you sugest? Scared to say the least!

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Thank you so much for trying to help Paul, I give up. Managed to get back to one default user folder and I’m now told that I have to download Microsoft Flight Sim again, which took me 24 hours the last time! Thank God I have Windows 7 on a separate drive to keep me sane!

 

User profile missing after upgrade to Windows 10

Hi Clint,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

Let’s check if your wife’s profile is showing up by doing the steps below.

• Press “Windows Logo” + “R” keys from the keyboard.
• Type “..” in the search bar and press “Enter”.

Check if you are able to see the user profile. If issue still persist you may try the steps below to find out the files.

• Go to Local disk (C
• Select Windows. Old
• Click on the users> user name

Check if your wife’s user profile and files are present.

Hope the above information helps. Reply with necessary information and the result to help you further.

Thank you.