Posted On March 31, 2019

How to recreate user profile on Windows 7

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Method 1: You can do it with the User Profiles dialog in System Properties:
  • Log in as different user (with admin privileges) than you want to delete
  • Open Properties for Computer
  • Advanced system settings (on the left side)
  • Settings for User Profiles (in the middle)
  • Select the profile you want to delete and click the delete button
  • Have the user logon to generate a new profile
Method 2: Whatever
  • Press on Start > Run >Regedit
  • Navigate to the following registry key :“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”
  • Under ProfileList navigate to binary key’s like this: S-1-5-21-3656904587-1668747452-4095529-500
  • On the right side under ProfileImagePath you’ll see the profile path.
  • Chose the one with the desired user and delete the long registry key like: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList”

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