Is there a way to repair a corrupt user profile in Windows 10?

[Ady2009]

Hi all,

I have recently been having some problems with my PC and have now narrowed it down to a corrupt user profile. Problems include windows apps not working, and wsappx causing high CPU spikes for long periods. I did have a problem with the start menu not working but I managed to fix that with a powershell command I found on the internet.

I have already tried running the power shell repair command such as, sfc /scannow and DISM. I have also done a complete repair of windows with the installation media but the problems on my main user account are still persisting. When I log into another user account then the PC works perfectly with no problems.
I would delete the user profile and create a new one but I have got outlook set up on this profile and it was a massive pain to get it working so I would rather repair my profile if I can.

Thank you

 

[Quartz]

When you say that your profile is corrupt, is a new one being created every time you log in? If not, go into the Registry Editor and save all the Outlook profile under HKeyCurrentUser and then copy away all the files under %appdata% in your Profile, then log in as another admin user and copy your old profile away in toto before deleting it, then log back in as yourself and import the registry settings you saved.

 

[Murphy]

It's probably easier to just copy over the files you want, or more specifically not copy files/folders that could be causing the corruption (NTUSER.DAT and associated logs and backups called NTUSER.DAT.(log1, log2, {GUID} plus the Local and LocalLow folders)

There's not a command or feature to repair a profile, copying stuff to a new profile is pretty much how it's done.

 

[aaronyuri]

SFC and DISM will only verify that the Windows installation is sound. If the user profile is completely shagged in some way, then a new profile and some copypasta is the only way. It's been this way since forever.

Have you checked your startup items to ensure nothing weird is being launched by the current user account? The Windows apps may just need a reinstall, or you can try blitzing the temp files for your user profile. If your diagnosis is correct, there is something wrong with your user account; you just need to find it and correct it. If finding and/or fixing it is too hard, that's when you whip out the new profile.