I found that SID, but i have another question: i have one key for User and one for User_2. If i change User_2 to User, i will end up with 2 User. Is that going to cause issues?
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I found that SID, but i have another question: i have one key for User and one for User_2. If i change User_2 to User, i will end up with 2 User. Is that going to cause issues?
What do you mean? There should only be one ProfileImagePath entry for your current user's SID.
If your current user is USER, then the ProfileImagePath should be C:\Users\User
I have three "profiles"
C:\Users\User_2
C:\Users\User
C:\Users\Administrator
So now, which one should i change for what?
Who are you logging in as? User? If so, change User's path to C:\Users\User
You can change the User_2 path to C:\Users\User_2 just for consistency.
Do NOT touch Administrator!
You should have User take ownership of the C:\Users\User folder also (if it's not the owner already). You can try the instructions from the link in post #17.
Hum.. changing the User's path to User??Quote:
Who are you logging in as? User? If so, change User's path to C:\Users\User
YES, you're talking about step #8, right?Quote:
Hum.. changing the User's path to User??
You still didn't tell me what user you are logging in as.
I am using User account to work.
and yes it is about step #8
So what's the issue? If your username is User, you want the profile path to point to C:\Users\User, not C:\Users\User_2.
It is just that the installation, when i am using the User account, seems to want to install on the User_2.
So it does NOT install. Can i get the installation path to go to the User folder when i am using the User account?
That's exactly why I'm telling you to change the ProfilePath entry. From what you're describing, it sounds like the ProfilePath is pointing to C:\Users\User_2 instead of C:\Users\User.Quote:
It is just that the installation, when i am using the User account, seems to want to install on the User_2.
So it does NOT install. Can i get the installation path to go to the User folder when i am using the User account?
It's really confusing because your username is User. I'm going to bold User, so you know it's the username.
Ah. If you are logged in as User, then you'd need to logoff and login as Administrator to make the changes.
It mentions that on step #5. Sorry about that. Since you enabled the hidden Administrator, you can just login with that.
Reboot in Safe Mode and login as Administrator
To find User's SID, run the following from a command prompt:
wmic useraccount get name,sid
Step #8:
Open regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
Find the SID that matches User
Make sure that "ProfileImagePath" is C:\Users\User
Reboot in Normal Mode
OK SID has a bunch of numbers. Is that what i have to match or ONLY the "profileImagePath"?
You need to know what the User's SID is, so that you can look at the correct registry key.
You are not changing the SIDs, only the ProfileImagePath.
Thanks. I'll have to do that tomorrow. I'll get back to you on that.
Not sure where i am heading.
I checked the sid, as you instructed in the post #40 and it gave me a list like this:
Administrator .......... -500
Guest ..................... -501
HomeGroupUser$...... -1008
User ...................... -1000
User_2 ................... -1001
But obviously, when i go into the regedit, i get the same thing (since that is the information i asked in the cmd)
so what do i change?
Should i just change the ProfileImagePath of the User_2 to User?
If so, i would end up with both accounts pointing to the same User. Is that what i want or am i going to have issue from there?
Is there a way to merge the User and User_2 together (or even remove User_2) since i really only used User_2 to test something, when i first had issues with installing AnyMeeting and they wanted to know if there might just have been something wrong with the permission of User, so creating a brand new user would have given some information?
NO. I said Find the SID that matches User, not User_2. You are not logging in as User_2.Quote:
Should i just change the ProfileImagePath of the User_2 to User?
So find the User's HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList registry key (-1000)
Make sure that "ProfileImagePath" for User is set to C:\Users\User
NO. If you don't need User_2 anymore, maybe you should just delete it. It is just causing more confusion.Quote:
Is there a way to merge the User and User_2 together