Corrupt User Profile?

Hi, analysis is possible, using the Windows Permance Toolkit:

Download and Install Windows Performance Toolkit in Windows 10

This produces detailed graphical representations including the boot sequences.
You can find examples of its use with screenshots by searching the site for
Windows Permance Toolkit
Windows Permance Analyser

It will also be worth running
chkdsk C: /scan
from an admin command or Powershell prompt, given what has happened

and if that scan reports problems run
chkdsk c: /F
which requires a reboot.

You might also like to try comparing:
- a clean boot
- creating a new user profile an logging in with that.

However I am concerned about

When I copy contents of the Users directory from original to copy profile

as you can't/shouldn't simply copy C:/Users
if that's what you mean.

Here's how to get control in most circumstances and help prevent you needing to do a clean install in the future:

a. Clean install
b. As early as you can, create a base disk image using e.g. Macrium Reflect (free) to external storage.
Having a Windows disk image means you can restore Windows to a previous good state (and everything on C: too as the whole content of imaged partitions are restored).

So if your installation becomes corrupt, your disk fails, your PC unbootable- you can still recover- quickly and without tech help.

Same goes for any imaged disk or partition.

Disk imaging is repeatedly recommended on this forum.
c. Plan for your personal data to be on another disk or partition as far as possible- so it's not affected by restoring an image of Windows.
d. Continue installing and configuring keeping a simple text record of changes so they are easily reproducible
e. At a suitable point, update your disk image (smaller, faster differential image).
f. Repeat (d) & (e) until configuration complete.

Thereafter maintain the practice so you always have a reasonably current disk image.

When you upgrade, create a new base disk image.

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I suspect that whatever you did copying the User folder may have done too much damage.

In general, a very useful repair method to fix Windows is an in-place upgrade repair install using an iso of the same base build. This keeps all progs and data. It does not fix user profile problems.

FYI: I used this only once in the past to fix a profile issue:

Account Profile Fixer

Check if that's the same in a new user profile; if so, then again, suggest an in-place upgrade repair install.

Graham9 said:

Thanks very much for that. It seemed to have solved my profile issue, but everything isn't quite as it should be, as a few things are still not working, such as Paint.

You mean "Classic Paint" or do you mean "Paint 3D" ?

What version of windows is installed. [Winkey+R] then type winver​ and press Enter.

Kurnn said:

So this tool worked?
Been searching all morning if its legit.

Gonna try that out cause I have the same problem

Worked for me but if in doubt make sure that you have a system image backup that you can restore.