Let the Rejoicing begin! Solution found, no need to reinstall!

Greetings.

I was wandering around, looking for advice, assistance.

And one of the instructions was about relocating the Users
directory to another drive. Well, not what I wanted.

BUT! He had an image of the registry entries before and after.

Navigating to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.
I notice that he has six entries, but I only have five.

I am missing Default. Not
(Default) Reg_SZ (value not set)
but
Default Reg_Expand_SZ %SystemDrive%\Users\Default

Which I entered (after first backing up the registry).

It worked! I can create admin accounts, I can create user
accounts! Profile directories get made!

And I do not have to do an install!

Let the rejoicing begin.


All that said, I understand some of the problem tech support had:
"The Too Solid Goof." Which is why you ask the caller "To please to
jiggle the power cord", not "Is it plugged in?"
Of course the problem is complex, it can't be as simple as a
missing registry entry, right?

Sigh, I shall attempt to inform Microsoft that sometimes, the
problem is not what is in the script, but solution is so "obvious"
that, yes, it is that simple.

Sometimes, when you hear hoof beats, it is zebras.


--
pyotr filipivich
The question was asked: "Is Hindsight overrated?"
In retrospect, it appears to be.