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    re-create user folder structure

    hello everyone-



    So I am taking a class on vista as part of my major requirements (im a network admin major). As such, I have been doing a LOT of tinkering and messing around with Vista, looking at things and playing with different settings. Anyways, to make a complicated story short, I need to re-create the admin, default and so on profiles as I somehow deleted the default profile and had to make the admin profile the new "default profile". So, is there any way to extact them from the vista DVD or do I have to start over?

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    Re: re-create user folder structure

    Quote Originally Posted by cuestakid View Post
    hello everyone-

    So I am taking a class on vista as part of my major requirements (im a network admin major). As such, I have been doing a LOT of tinkering and messing around with Vista, looking at things and playing with different settings. Anyways, to make a complicated story short, I need to re-create the admin, default and so on profiles as I somehow deleted the default profile and had to make the admin profile the new "default profile". So, is there any way to extact them from the vista DVD or do I have to start over?
    Hello Cuestakid,

    You can see if doing a System Restore using a restore point dated before this problem can restore it for you.

    System Restore - How to

    If not, then you may be able to just create a new administrator account for your default instead of the built-in administrator one.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

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    Re: re-create user folder structure

    well i actually was able to extract the contents of the vista dvd via using 7zip-and i was able to get the folder structure but I could not find a way to copy it correctly so I actually ended up starting fresh as I could no longer create any new users so I had no real other option-I did try a system restore and that didnt really do anything
    thanks anyway

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    Re: re-create user folder structure

    I'm sorry that you ended up having to reinstall, but glad to hear that you got it sorted at the end.

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