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KingK7 · 05-19-2003, 07:30 AM

I need help, as I am rather slow with these things...

I went away for 14 days, when I get back and turn on the computer here, it says my "user profile" cannot be found or loaded properly, so it loads a guest user or something.

I figure I have to reinstall everything, but the problem is I would like my email from Outlook, and all my contacts.
Right now, when I open Outlook, they are all gone, because I am on a different profile.

Is there any way to retrieve this?

Any help will be much appreciated :-)

Oh, and yeah, "format c:" will happen AFTER I have done this, so save the smartass remarks ;-)

MattO · 05-19-2003, 07:45 AM

look in your "Documents and Settings" directory.

If you still have old files from your previous profile they will be in there.
i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\USER\

try copying the information there from each directory to the directories of your new profile.

That might work

dimonka · 05-19-2003, 08:15 AM

If your user path was deleted, than it's nothing you can do but kill the administrator... ;)
User path is in the previous post...

05-19-2003, 07:30 AM	#1
KingK7 Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6,372	Help! - Windows XP problem I need help, as I am rather slow with these things... I went away for 14 days, when I get back and turn on the computer here, it says my "user profile" cannot be found or loaded properly, so it loads a guest user or something. I figure I have to reinstall everything, but the problem is I would like my email from Outlook, and all my contacts. Right now, when I open Outlook, they are all gone, because I am on a different profile. Is there any way to retrieve this? Any help will be much appreciated :-) Oh, and yeah, "format c:" will happen AFTER I have done this, so save the smartass remarks ;-)

05-19-2003, 08:15 AM	#3
dimonka Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 477	If your user path was deleted, than it's nothing you can do but kill the administrator... ;) User path is in the previous post... __________________ Find out what REBILLS are!

05-19-2003, 07:45 AM	#2
MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	look in your "Documents and Settings" directory. If you still have old files from your previous profile they will be in there. i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\USER\ try copying the information there from each directory to the directories of your new profile. That might work