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The tag 'restore keys' on WindowsForum.com covers troubleshooting scenarios where critical Windows registry keys are missing or corrupted, leading to user profile loading failures. In one example, a user lost the entire ProfileList registry key under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList, causing Windows to load a default user profile instead of the correct one. The discussion focuses on possible causes of such registry corruption and methods for restoring the needed profile keys to recover user-specific settings and data. This tag is relevant for users experiencing similar profile-related registry issues and seeking practical restoration steps.
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    Windows 7 Help! Lost ProfileList reg key. Always logging with default user profile

    I somehow lost the registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. In fact there is only one reg key under CurrentVersion ( WPAEvents ). So that would explain why when I log in as user "ME" the default user profile gets loaded instead of the one for "ME". Also...
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