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Remove Profile

If you have a corrupt profile in Windows 10 there are two easy ways to remove it and rebuild it: 

 

1: REMOVE CORRUPT WINDOWS PROFILE USING GUI: 

CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM AND SECURITY > SYSTEM > ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS (from the menu on the LEFT) 

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Click SETTINGS button in the USER PROFILES section 

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Click on the user that has issues and click the DELETE button (note that you can not delete the profile you are using) 

2: REMOVE CORRUPT WINDOWS PROFILE MANUALLY: 

Open File Explorer (This PC) and go to C:\USERS\ 

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Right click on the profile you want to remove and select DELETE 

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remove-corrupt-windows10-profile-manuallyOpen RegEdit 

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Expand HKLM > SOFTWARE > MICROSOSFT > WINDOWS NT >  CURRENTVERSION > PROFILELIST 

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Click on each entry until you see the PROFILE IMAGE PATH that matches the one you want to delete 

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Right click on that entry and select DELETE 

Reboot and sign in with the username you just removed and a nice new profile should be created.