Profile Repair Tool Windows 10

[Haziel Barbour]

Thistool allows users to easily fix account profile related issues which can not be repaired without creating a new account. Examples of situations where this tool may come in handy are: MS Edge is not working, Windows Store apps are not working, Windows Explorer is not showing the Start screen or the notification area, or a user can not login. Click here to learn more.

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It is no news for a computer tech that, when nothing else works, creating a new user account to replace a broken user profile can save us from fully reinstalling Windows.

Actually, it's one of the things technicians do most, lately. Whether a user lost his password, MS Edge is not working, Windows Store apps are not working, Windows Explorer is not showing the Start screen or the notification area, or a user can not login, we usually end up using the same basic solution: Create a new user account and move the data from the old one.

But this process can be lengthy, especially if the user has many files to move to the new account, or the machine does not have a SSD. Not to mention that there are some folders that should not be be moved, or we may risk breaking the new user account profile as well. In the end, we also need to delete the old user account.

Account Profile Fixer can take care of the whole process for you. It creates a new user account with the exact same name, profile directory and privileges as the broken one, moves all the data and deletes the old user account. This means you just need to tell APF which account you want to fix, and it will do all the work for you. The process is completely automated, except you may need to answer the privacy questions for new accounts, on Windows 10 and 11. in the end you are automatically logged in to the new, repaired user account.

Note: If the user account to repair is a Microsoft account, it will be converted to a local account. You can log in to your Microsoft account after the repair operation, of course. Also, the user login password is removed. You can create a password anytime. Windows store apps may need to be reinstalled.

When we launch the application, it shows up the user list, as shown in the screenshot above. Here we just need to select the user account we want to fix and click Fix selected user (next step). It's OK if you only have one user.

Then we can choose whether to keep the folders listed below. These options allow us to choose whether to keep the %LocalAppData%\Packages, and %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows application data folders from the old user account. By default, those folders are deleted. If we want to keep them, we tick the corresponding check mark.

Keep Windows store apps's package data from the old account: This options allows you to keep the %LocalAppData%\Packages folder from the old user account profile. This folder is where Windows Store apps save settings, files and other data. If your problem was not related to one or more Windows Store apps, you can keep this folder, so that data from your apps is automatically loaded once you install them in the new user account.

Keep Windows system appdata from the old account: This option allows you to keep the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows folder from the old user account profile. This folder is where Windows saves system settings related to the user. Note that, even if you choose to keep this folder, the user classes hive (UsrClass.dat) will still be replaced with the one from the new user account.

Once you select the user account to repair and the desired extra options, and confirm, APF will create a temporary admin account, reboot the computer and automatically log into that account. On Windows 10 and 11, you may need to anser the privacy questions for newly created accounts. If you don't know which options to select, just select the lower (last) option for each step.

Under Advanced Startup, select Restart Now. After your PC restarts to the Choose an Option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Startup Settings > Restart. After your PC restarts, a list of options should appear. Select 4 or F4 to start your PC in Safe Mode.

When you're unfortunately seen an error saying that "The user profile service failed the login/the sign-in and user profile cannot be loaded", do not worry at all! You have to accept the truth that it's a problem with the user profile in Windows and it's been corrupted. Along with the error, you'll experience many other Windows operating system issues suggesting a corrupted user profile, such as user profile keeps getting locked out, disappearing, or simply users won't be able to access their account at all.

If you received the error message that your user profile is corrupted, you can follow these most effective solutions below to fix a corrupted user profile in Windows 10. Actually, they can also be applied to Windows 8.1, 8, and 7.

To eliminate your worry and ultimately help you get out of the corrupted user profile problem, we provide free & quick access to run Windows 10 profile repair. These above-provided methods may cause data loss while repairing a corrupted user profile. So We highly recommended that you create a full backup of your computer to ensure a worry-free and risk-free repair of a corrupt user profile in Windows 10.

You can manually copy your user profile if you can boot into Windows. If you cannot boot into Windows, you can turn to EaseUS backup and recovery software. With it, you can back up files without Windows. Besides, you can run this application to migrate OS to SSD, clone a hard drive, and back up files to a cloud drive.

* The following backup procedure requires another working computer to create an emergency disk of EaseUS Todo Backup. You'll need to boot your unbootable computer through this emergency disk to make a full backup.

Step 1. To make an EaseUS Todo Backup emergency disk, you need a USB flash drive and connect it to a working computer. Launch EaseUS Todo Backup, click "Tools" and then click "Create Emergency Disk".

Step 3. When it's done, insert this emergency disk to the computer that needs backing up. Restart the PC, and Press F2/DEL to enter BIOS. Change the boot sequence, and then start the computer and run EaseUS backup software from the bootable disk.

Step 1. You need to create a new and fully-function user profile as an administrator. So, activate the hidden admin account in the Command Prompt by entering the command and press enter: net user administrator /active:yes.

Step 5. Later you'll then receive another confirmation prompt to create your account. Still, ignore the email part, and click the link at the bottom that says "Add a user without a Microsoft account".

Step 7. Files and personal settings etc. will stay in the old user account. You shall now follow the detailed guide to transfer data from one user account to another on the same computer.

Step 3. Click each S-1-5 folder and double-click the "ProfileImagePath entry" to find out which user account it relates to. (If your folder name ends with .bak or .ba follow Microsoft's instructions to rename them).

Step 4. Once you have determined where is the corrupt user profile(and it doesn't have a .bak ending), double-click "RefCount" and change the Value data to 0 and click "OK". If this value isn't available, you might have to create it manually.

Your files can become corrupted for various reasons, and in order to fix the problem, you need to perform an SFC scan. Some users say that they fix a corrupt user profile simply by performing an SFC scan. To run SFC scan and DISM for corrupted user profile repair:

Another effective way to repair a Windows 10 profile is by using data repair software. It's worth noting that the data repair software only restores some data and cannot restore the complete profile. To repair data and files in User Profile, you need EaseUS Fixo. It is an EaseUS Fixo photo repair tool as well as a file repair application. It can restore lost data and repair corrupted MP4 files, repair photos, Word, and Excel files. Download this file repair software and repair your user data with simple steps.

Step 3. You can click on the eye icon to preview the photos and click "Save" to save a selected photo. Choose "Save All" to save all the repaired images. Click "View Repaired" to locate the repaired folder.

Step 3. Under the "Update" status, you can check whether your device is up to date by clicking "Check for updates". Windows will automatically install the newest update for you if it's available.

Step 4. Click either "Keep my files" or "Remove everything," depending on whether you want to keep your data files intact. Either way, all of your settings will return to their defaults and apps will be uninstalled.

Step 5. Select "Just remove my files" or "Remove files and clean the drive" if you chose to "remove everything" in the prior step. Cleaning the drive takes a lot longer but will make sure that, if you are giving the computer away, the next person will have a hard time recovering your erased files. If you are keeping the computer, choose "Just remove my files."

A corrupt user profile in Windows 10 can prevent you from using your PC. You can fix it by repairing the account via the Registry Editor, creating a new profile, running SFC, repairing user data with software, and more. If you don't want to lose data, run EaseUS Todo Backup to protect your data by making a backup.

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