Re: cant copy data from corrupted user profile

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:06:00 -0500

HarrySpider wrote:
> Hello. I posted to this group yesterday saying that Windows Explorer
> crashes whenever the mouse hovers over an avi file.
> I've found out that this MAY be because my user profile may be
> corrupted (whatever that means). So I've tried to transfer the data
> from my old 'corrupted' account to a new account using the Knowledge
> Base article
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;811151 "
> "Copy Files to the New User Profile
> 1.. Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are
> copying files to or from.
> 2.. In Windows Explorer, click Tools, click Folder Options, click
> the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders, click to clear the
> Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click OK.
> 3.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\Old_Username folder, where
> C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and Old_Username is
> the name of the profile you want to copy user data from.
> 4.. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and
> subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
> a.. Ntuser.dat
> b.. Ntuser.dat.log
> c.. Ntuser.ini
> 5.. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
> 6.. Locate the C:\Documents and Settings\New_Username folder, where
> C is the drive on which Windows XP is installed, and New_Username is
> the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New
> User Profile" section.
> 7.. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
> 8.. Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user."
>
> However I can't follow the procedure as whenever I try to paste the
> ntuser files from the old to the new folder I keep getting a message
> that the file is being used by another process :(((
> Could someone here please shed some light on this. My user account is
> not password protected. I've created 2 other new administrator
> accounts and I've followed the instructions in the KB article
> exactly. i.e. I'm logged on under an administrator account other than
> the ones I want to transfer data to and from.
> Thanks.

1) You cannot be logged in as the user whose data you are trying to copy.
2) Reboot and log in as a different user.

Don't copy NTUSER.DAT - if there is anything "corrupt", you don't need/want
this file. It contains the registry data for the user (screen layout,
personal application settings, etc) - but nothing that you cannot just
recreate on the fly in most cases. Just grab the important stuff to you -
favorites, my documents, etc. 

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