Re:A surprising way to lose your files on Windows
by mnahkies on Saturday October 01, 2022 @01:28PM
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My memory is shaky as it's been a while since I used it, but I vaguely remember there being a hidden built-in administrator account that could possibly be used in this situation. Can't remember if you would need to set a password on it / enable it ahead of time though
Edit: this might be what you meant by the admin one (rather than a)
Re:A surprising way to lose your files on Windows
by sgtaylor5 on Saturday October 01, 2022 @06:55PM
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Would this have helped?
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/186131-user-profile-se...
My lessons learned from it.
windows profiles are far too complicated, it was hard to find low level information on how they work or how to diagnose and fix a bad profile.
make sure you have and know another login. preferably the admin one.