Windows 10: Locked out of Windows 10 Account on New Drive

Discus and support Locked out of Windows 10 Account on New Drive in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; So i tried to change my user profile to a new drive by following a youtube tutorial i found. I went to change the “Public” and “Profiles Directory”... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Tom&Son, May 14, 2020.

  1. Tom&Son Win User

    Locked out of Windows 10 Account on New Drive


    So i tried to change my user profile to a new drive by following a youtube tutorial i found. I went to change the “Public” and “Profiles Directory” locations to my new hard drive but forgot to add a colon. So now every time i turn on my computer it loads looking for the new user on the empty hard drive. I try to sign in but it says im locked out and puts be back where i began. Ive tried nearly everything but nothing is working. I am wondering how to either change the directory to go to my old drive, or switch the user back to my old drive. Anything would be helpful.

    :)
     
    Tom&Son, May 14, 2020
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  2. Ahhzz Win User

    Windows 10 Tweaks

    Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

    Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

    • Open a new Explorer window.
    • Click View in the ribbon.
    • Click Options.
    • Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
    • Click OK


    credit to Lifehacker.
     
    Ahhzz, May 14, 2020
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  3. little cat, May 14, 2020
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  4. Zakin Win User

    Locked out of Windows 10 Account on New Drive

    Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

    Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

    I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

    It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

    EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown Locked out of Windows 10 Account on New Drive :(
     
    Zakin, May 14, 2020
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