Resolving NTUSER.DAT Preventing Removal of a Deleted User's Home Directory
Here's the scenario you're likely in: After having backed up any relevant content inside their home directory, you delete a user's local account in Windows via the control panel. You then navigate to C:\Users and attempt to delete their home directory only to find that their NTUSER.DAT file is still in use by the system, and rebooting - even in safe mode - has no effect. The job is left half-finished, and leaving jobs half-finished is simply unbecoming of a fine professional assassin such as yourself. Unacceptable! Removing the Profile Entry This guide assumes that you have, at the very least, already backed up the contents of HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList within the registry to a file. Press Win + R , copy and paste ms-settings:recovery , and press Enter to open the Recovery page within the Windows control panel. Under Advanced startup , select Restart now . Navigate to Troubleshoot → Advanced options → Startup Se...