Windows 7: Trying to copy a user profile. The "Copy To" button is always grayed out and the user folder always shows a padlock, no matter how many times I reboot into a different account.

Hi, I would like to confirm that if there is no “Copy To” available for the non-default profiles and it is just able to use the “Copy To” button for the default profile. If this is the case, it is by-design in Win 7. Copying non-default profiles caused problems with the registry as artifacts from the base profile would be brought into the location it was being copied to. The only profile that may be copied in Win 7 is the Default profile since it avoids these problems with the registry. Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know. I am happy to be of further assistance. :) Regards, Sabrina TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comThis posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees, and confers no rights. |Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Once you get the hang of it, it is pretty good.....but to create a Default User Profile using the "Copy Profile" method you need to follow the following article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973289 We have created numerous Default Profiles this way. Hope it helpsLee Bowman MCITP MCTS