Managing user accounts / profiles is very easy in Windows 7. So, when any of a user profile in Windows 7 gets corrupted, then fixing it so very easy. Here is the step by step guide to fix corrupt user profile / account in Windows 7.
STEP 1: First, restart your computer so that all the locks on all the profiles are released.
STEP 2: Now, log on to the computer as a administrative account ( it should be the account that you want to fix ).
STEP 3: Now find the folder named as the user profile name what is corrupted. Its path would be – C:\Users\%username%
STEP 4: Once you find that folder, delete it.
STEP 5: Similarly, locate the folder C:\Users\TEMP and delete it.
STEP 6: Now, delete the registry key matching your SID ( session ID ) from “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList“
STEP 7: Next, you need to check the value of “ProfileImagePath” and make sure that you pick the corrupted user profile for that.
STEP 8: That is it. Restart your computer and your corrupted user profile is fixed now.
These are the simple steps which would let you fix / repair corrupt User Profile In Windows 7.
Step 2 must be a typo “STEP 2: Now, log on to the computer as a administrative account ( it should be the account that you want to fix) – It should have stated that it should NOT be the account you want to fix. As you cannot delete a profile that you are logged into, right?