What is the default user account's profile folder for?


  1. Thebeholder
    Posts : 116
    Windows Ultimate x86, SP1
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    What is the default user account's profile folder for?


    Hi everyone!


    I really changed the default location of all my Existing, newly,public user account's profile folder to another new location.
    However, there is a default user account's profile folder is still in the default location '%SystemDrive%\Users\Default'




    *This user account is for what?



    Besides, the most strange is that the modified date of this folder as the screenshot below shows is very old, although I have installed the windows very recently in 5/01/2013.



    Also, all the files and folders inside main folder 'default' are dated as '17/03/2009' as the screenshot below. However, the one highlighted is dated recently.



    Even my laptop wasn't purchased at this date '17/03/2009'; however it was purchased in about 2011.

    Finally, is it recommend to change the default location of this user account to another locations then I delete this and all its content?
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  3. Neutron16
    Posts : 934
    Windows 8.1 ; Windows 7 x86 (Dec2008-Jan2013)
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    This is a last resort user profile if any other profile will fail to load.
    Do not worry about it. Moreover, it is better not to touch it.

    In case of any hardware or software failures with your newly, public user account profiles that Default profile will help you at least to login into your computer. The date is off because it was copied from the one when that particular version of Windows was created.

    Recommendation: keep it and DO NOT change it's location.
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