Re: Document And Setting - a user.machine was added - why?
- From: Thorsten Matzner <tmatzner@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 18:23:02 +0200
qwejohn@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I had a problem with my disk due to a virus. After running a utillity
>to fix it and logging in , I saw that a new folder was added under
>Document And Setting; it is called user.machine (user is the name of
>the user who logged in,
>and machine is the name of the computer).
>
>First, why was this folder created?
This may happen if you reinstall Windows.
>Second, can I delete it and
>use the old Document And Setting\user folder?
No.
>Third , suppose I want to use the old setting.
>Namely , that when I log in with that user, he will use the profile
>from
>Document And Setting/user and not from Document And
>Setting/user.machine
>Is there a way to do so (preferably without regedit)?
You can try to copy over the old profile: "How to Copy User Data to a
New User Profile" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151).
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