I currently cannot move or rename folders on any drive and my desktop icons Auto Arrange every reboot, even though Auto arrange is not ticked.
I think the problem started with my user account. I got the message " user profile did not load correctly". When I examined my "Users" folder I noticed that the "Default and All Users" folders that had always been there had vanished leaving only the "Mike" administrator profile that would not load and a new folder called "Public".
Using regedit, I went HKEYLOCALMACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWSNT/currentversion/ProfileList/ and altered the State and RefCount values back to 0.
My original user account loaded next boot but thereafter failed to load on following boots as the registry values revert.
I have tried all standard fixes...ScanDisk, ASC System File Checker, Full virus scan with Kaspersky, even windows defender and Malicious Software Tool.
Somewhere in there my "Mike" admin user account now loads but all my files and folders became read only by default and cannot be unticked, which is probably why I cannot move or rename any folder be it on my boot drive, backup drive or even the plug-in drive. I can copy folders between drives.
I tried creating new user accounts but they hung and never got to the desktop at startup. The full priviledge adminstrator created in CMD prompt would not load" and the "user profile did not load correctly" appeared again.
I downloaded the registry key "Fix_Rename_32_Bit_ Vista" but it did not work.
I also tried giving Full control to all user accounts....no luck.
I do not have any system restore or registry backups that predate the problems.
The event viewer is a mass of error and warning messages!!!
Any suggestions anyone?
I think the problem started with my user account. I got the message " user profile did not load correctly". When I examined my "Users" folder I noticed that the "Default and All Users" folders that had always been there had vanished leaving only the "Mike" administrator profile that would not load and a new folder called "Public".
Using regedit, I went HKEYLOCALMACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWSNT/currentversion/ProfileList/ and altered the State and RefCount values back to 0.
My original user account loaded next boot but thereafter failed to load on following boots as the registry values revert.
I have tried all standard fixes...ScanDisk, ASC System File Checker, Full virus scan with Kaspersky, even windows defender and Malicious Software Tool.
Somewhere in there my "Mike" admin user account now loads but all my files and folders became read only by default and cannot be unticked, which is probably why I cannot move or rename any folder be it on my boot drive, backup drive or even the plug-in drive. I can copy folders between drives.
I tried creating new user accounts but they hung and never got to the desktop at startup. The full priviledge adminstrator created in CMD prompt would not load" and the "user profile did not load correctly" appeared again.
I downloaded the registry key "Fix_Rename_32_Bit_ Vista" but it did not work.
I also tried giving Full control to all user accounts....no luck.
I do not have any system restore or registry backups that predate the problems.
The event viewer is a mass of error and warning messages!!!
Any suggestions anyone?