Profile not found windows 7

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 9 years, 11 months ago. Active 27 days ago. Viewed 9k times. Improve this question. Dustin Hammond Dustin Hammond 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges. Yo bro, I'm getting that same exact error.

It's like windowsPowershell is a directory that does not actually exist. Some users have reported that Windows 10 rollback can be helpful to fix systemprofile desktop is unavailable. If desktop cannot be found after an update, this solution can be done. Find the option go back to an earlier build not available after 10 days? Full solutions to fix Windows 10 rollback option not working are here! As for Windows reinstallation, there are many methods you can try, for example, reset your PC this contains two options — keep your files and remove everything , use the Fresh start feature or perform a clean install with a bootable disc or USB drive.

Just choose one based on your system and reinstall your Windows. Finally, I fixed this issue after trying some solutions. Now, we have a suggestion for you that is backing up your Windows system at once. You know, fixing the unavailable desktop location is really troublesome and a bit complicated.

If you have a system backup previously, you can directly restore the system to an earlier state to help you out, without spending much time on the troubleshooting fix. How can you back up the PC system? Take it easy! MiniTool ShadowMaker can assist you. Automatic backup, incremental and differential backup can be done by this freeware.

File sync and disk cloning are also supported. Again, use the Windows 7 DVD to do this. And then try to log in, Windows might complain of a different problem but it should recreate a profile for you. EDIT: Are you sure you are the only user? Unless you are the local administrator, there should also be an "Administrator" account. Disable the User Control Account in the registry; use regedit to navigate to the following key:. Your profile still might not load, but at least you get a temporary one - now you can make a new user.

Looking around I found this guide and forum detailing the problem and various solutions. I suggest having a read: there are 81 pages of additional posts after the guide so a working solution for you should be in there somewhere.

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