How do I copy a user profile in Windows XP? Why is the COPY TO button grayed out? UPDATE: This method is no longer supported. You need to create an additional account and copy it over that account. Dec 22, 2017 Yah, that should copy from the default profile to the current logged in profile. But yeah, the all users profile is a better idea I'd think if the settings are the same for each user. If settings is enabled profile management uses template instead of the local default profile when creating new user profiles. IS the solution!I think! Now how to create a clean profile and copy to unc path?I have only to manual copy the user folder?CITRIX TECH we need a 'how to' for this configuration i think! Template Profiles.jpg. To fix a corrupted user profile on a Windows Vista system, follow these instructions: Boot into your system as an Administrator. If you’re not able to do so, go to Cannot log in / No other user account available. Go to Control Panel > User Accounts (or Control Panel > Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts). Windows 8 - Copy Profile to Default? It is the only recommended and supported way of copying the default profile for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Greetings:
We're playing with a Dell XPS12 laptop, in order to determine if we want to go that route versus IPads for mobile applications.
Right now, I'm working on the default log-in profiles. I've searched these forums with no luck.
In Windows 7, you'd just go to the Users folder, delete the Default profile, copy the profile you'd set up, and then re-name it Default. Poof, everything worked.
In Windows 8, if you do this, all the Metro apps break. No Metro IE, no Store, no nothing.
I've searched online for answers, and I've tried about a dozen different ways, to no success. The only one I haven't tried is the Microsoft suggestion that one needs to create a sysprep answer file, sysprep the whole machine, and have it pull the answer file to make things default. I really, really don't want to go that way, as it seems so illogical.
I've tried:
* Disjoining from the network, creating a local profile, and re-naming the profile to default. No luck.
* Giving Admin rights to all users, no luck.
* Giving the All Applications local group full access, no luck.
* Taking ownership of the folders by the new account, no luck.
* Using the 'copy to' command - but its grayed out for all the profiles EXCEPT the default profile. I've tried numerous different ways to get it to enable, but no luck.
I know I can't be the first person to need this, and I'm sure there's a simple way to do it.
I'd appreciate any directives you can give me. Thanks!
The code below doesn't work as expected. It copies files and directories to all user profiles except the default user's. I am running Powershell with admin privileges.
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Assuming you need to copy all files and folders from the source location to the %localappdata% of the Default profile.. It works here if I change the last line to:
To copy recursively (all sub-folders and files from source to destination).
w32shCopy Default Profile Windows 7
w32shCopy Administrator Profile To Default
