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Is the same Windows registry shared between all user profiles?

I have two user profiles on my Windows 10 PC, a developer profile and a regular profile. In the developer profile, I ran a .reg file to add a context menu item that opens a Windows Terminal instance ...
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Can't login to my profile after a change in the ProfileImagePath

I'm on windows 10 and I entered the registry and changed the ProfileImagePath's value As soon as I had done that, my pc broke, couldn't access files and not even the start menu. I restaarted it and ...
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1 vote
1 answer
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Changing the first created username in Windows 10 [duplicate]

At startup of my new Windows 10 PC I created a local administrator account (not a Microsoft account as I wasn't connected to the internet). Unfortunately when asked who was going to use this computer ...
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Messed up Windows 10 User Folder Registry

I was trying to, and successfully did, change the "Personal Folder" that some applications store their data in from My Documents to my User Folder. I don't like the clutter that it introduces to the ...
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Remove profiles completely on Windows [closed]

I've set a Group Policy to remove user profiles not used for 30 days, they are training machines. This functions and removes them from the user profiles list (see borrowed image) but leaves the ...
Andy Anderson's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
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How to backup a local Windows 10 user profile and restore it in Windows 10?

Similar to the question How to backup a user profile and restore it in Windows 7? but for Windows 10: How can I backup a local Windows 10 user profile (including the user files) and restore it on ...
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Where is the registry location for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable Drive"

Where is the registry location, presumably under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, as the setting is user specific, for the Settings > Devices > AutoPlay > "Removable drive" option? The user has the option ...
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Is it possible to completely duplicate the state of a user profile?

I have spent hours adjusting the local user profile on my machine... and "OH BOY" is it far off from a typical clean install of Win 10 Home. Started with a clean install, proceeded with a change of ...
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