How to recover a deleted temp user profile folders?
I have a user that logged in to their machine a probably ignored the fact that it said it was loggin on a temporary profile. This user has been working off some documents and since it was a laptop only closed the lid instead of doing a shutdown... A few days later, the users was prompted to reboot the computer to apply windows updates... after the reboot... I guess it logged it to the proper profile and now the user couldn't find documents that were created under my documents. When I started to look at the laptop and looked at previous version of the C drive that was available, I noticed there was a C:\users\TEMP folder that was there before the reboot containing some of the files but I can't find this folder anymore. By reading around I found that the temp folder is deleted when logging off? Not sure about that but it sure looks that way. Is there a way we can recover this temp folder... at least the my documents from it?
September 16th, 2010 12:17pm

The temporary profile is just that, temporary, once you reboot it's deleted. Your only hope is maybe a 3rd party app for recovering deleted files (Personally, I don't recommand the use of these tools). You can, as an example, use the Recuva tool. http://www.piriform.com/recuva This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.
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September 16th, 2010 4:47pm

Hi, You may try to perform the System Restore. Regards, Sabrina 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.
September 20th, 2010 4:36am

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