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Defining the profile area to use for a user.
John Savill
March 4, 1999
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A. By default when a user logs on for the first time at a machine adirectory under %systemroot%profiles is created under the name of the user tohold the users profile, e.g. for user saviljo the area created would be%systemroot%profilessaviljo.
Problems arise if the directory already exists and so an alternate directory.nnn will be created, starting with 000. This mapping isstored in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionProfileList. You can therefore force a user to use a specificprofile area by performing the following:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionProfileList
Find the SID that relates to the user (check the ProfileImagePath value)
Once found double click on ProfileImagePath and remove the .nnn, e.g.
%SystemRoot%Profilesgarfield.000
to
%SystemRoot%ProfilesgarfieldClick OK
Close the registry editor
The user should now login using the profile you originally copied for them.Once you are sure it works you can delete the .nnn directoryunder %systemroot%profiles. You should make sure the user has the right touser the original profile, for example if you have copied it to that locationand granted rights accordingly.
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