Windows 7 Remove Faulty Cached Profiles

Delete cached profiles

Z:\>delprof2 /c:\\xxxxxxx

DelProf2 by Helge Klein (http://helgeklein.com)

Listing inactive profiles on 'xxxxxxx'.

Delete inactive profiles on 'xxxxxxx'? (Yes/No) y

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Privilege 'Restore files and directories' could not be enabled. DelProf2's powers are restricted. Better run DelProf2 with admin rights.

Ignoring profile '\\xxxxxxx\C$\Users\Default' (reason: special profile)
Ignoring profile '\\xxxxxxx\C$\Users\Public' (reason: special profile)

The following user profiles match the deletion criteria:

\\xxxxxxx\C$\Users\yyyyyyyy

Deleting profile '\\xxxxxxx\C$\Users\yyyyyyyy' ...
   ... done.

Delete broken ones

Find what's here, if you ran above shouldnt be anythiong left but the broken + default system ones)

reg query "\\xxxxxxx\HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList"

Delete anything that is not

\\xxxxxxx\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-18

\\xxxxxxx\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-19

\\xxxxxxx\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-20

i.e. Most likely users SIDs S-1-5-21-...

reg delete "\\xxxxxxx\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\S-1-5-21-1039984320-261210814-957142514-1104"

Users should then be able to log back in.