- Apr 21, 2013
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Hello all,
I have a self-built machine running flawlessly for over a year now with Windows 7 64-bit. The other day my computer was still on and there was a power outage during a thunderstorm before I had the chance to turn the machine off.
Since then I have been getting a consistent error message:
Location is not available. c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\desktop is not available. Access denied. I tried to "Fix a corrupted user profile" as suggested by the microsoft support to no avail:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile?SignedIn=1
In general, windows boots up normally to the login screen. Logging in to any user account (the only existing one at the time of the crash) or any new one made since then gives me the same problem. Once I log in, the Welcome screen loads for a very long time (>10 minutes) followed by Preparing your Desktop... (>5 minutes). I am greeted with an empty desktop and a black screen, and the system responds VERY slowly. This happens EVERY time I try to log in to any account.
I have tried a system restore, but it fails every time, forcing me to restart. I have attempted to repair the installation using the windows 7 install disk but no errors are detected. I am unable to boot in safe mode: I get the Desktop Location is not available error and it proceeds to log me out.
At this point I am out of ideas. I am guessing this is some registry error. I am wondering if I should just bite the bullet and reformat
Thanks in advance!
I have a self-built machine running flawlessly for over a year now with Windows 7 64-bit. The other day my computer was still on and there was a power outage during a thunderstorm before I had the chance to turn the machine off.
Since then I have been getting a consistent error message:
Location is not available. c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\desktop is not available. Access denied. I tried to "Fix a corrupted user profile" as suggested by the microsoft support to no avail:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile?SignedIn=1
In general, windows boots up normally to the login screen. Logging in to any user account (the only existing one at the time of the crash) or any new one made since then gives me the same problem. Once I log in, the Welcome screen loads for a very long time (>10 minutes) followed by Preparing your Desktop... (>5 minutes). I am greeted with an empty desktop and a black screen, and the system responds VERY slowly. This happens EVERY time I try to log in to any account.
I have tried a system restore, but it fails every time, forcing me to restart. I have attempted to repair the installation using the windows 7 install disk but no errors are detected. I am unable to boot in safe mode: I get the Desktop Location is not available error and it proceeds to log me out.
At this point I am out of ideas. I am guessing this is some registry error. I am wondering if I should just bite the bullet and reformat
Thanks in advance!