Windows 10: Windows 10 Update Lost My User Profile

This is the second time this has happened. The first time, I hunted for days before I found what worked. I went to the Registry and to HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE>SOFTWARE>MICROSOFT>WINDOWS NT>CURRENT VERSION>PROFILELIST and found my profile with a .bak at the end. I removed the incorrect profile, took the .bak off of my profile and rebooted. Voila, everything worked great.


That was in May of 2020. Today, July 30, 2020, it did it again. Went to the Registry, followed same path but there was no ProfileList in the CurrentVersion list. ProfileList is nowhere to be found, much less any profiles behind it.


I putzed around and restarted 8 times and after the 8th time, my profile was back. Went back into the Registry, thinking maybe ProfileList would be there, but it's not.


What the heck? Does anybody have any idea how to fix this? I mean, the PC is working fine, but first of all, why does this keep happening, and where did my ProfileList go?


Keep in mind--I've worked with computers since 1983--I know more than most people and a LOT less than many, many others--so please, take it easy on me. I want to solve this! Thanks so much in advance!

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Lost User profile after Windows 10 install

I have the same problem-

lost a profile when windows 10 installed.

That profile is listed in the user folder in windows.old.

What is the procedure to recover it?

 

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!

 

Lost default photo viewer after profile rebuild

Thanks Brink. I've tried those steps before i started searching Google. After the profile rebuild i don't have the Photo app listed to choose to make it default in either the system settings for default apps or the Open With option.

I can't even find it doing a search. Seems to have been removed somehow with the profile rebuild, which doesn't make sense.

Might be helpful to list what i've done I've done the open with check, the choose default program in the system menu, tried that in device manager default programs also. I've checked the programs and features Turn windows features on/off and it's not listed there (never thought it was but that was a suggestion), searched the MS Store, it's not listed there either.

I don't like playing in the registry unless i have defined steps and haven't found anything for this yet, just the Win7 version like in my OP.