Can I recover files and folders moved to the Temp profile

Hello

A user is logged on with a temporary profile on Vista.  They have seen their name in the start menu and assumed everything was fine.

After having seen that their office was wrong, they went check 'My Documents', and obviously they weren't there.

The user then crossed ' computer > C: > users and found their office and documents.

Then they moved them (not copied) on the desktop and "My Documents" to the active profile.

Now when they have logged off and back on, their original profile has been restored but their desktop and "My Documents" have been shortened just to the Temp profile.

Is it possible to recover data from the user? keeping in mind that there is no backup of their data.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

Mark

Hello

A user is logged on with a temporary profile on Vista.  They have seen their name in the start menu and assumed everything was fine.

After having seen that their office was wrong, they went check 'My Documents', and obviously they weren't there.

The user then crossed ' computer > C: > users and found their office and documents.

Then they moved them (not copied) on the desktop and "My Documents" to the active profile.

Now when they have logged off and back on, their original profile has been restored but their desktop and "My Documents" have been shortened just to the Temp profile.

Is it possible to recover data from the user? keeping in mind that there is no backup of their data.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you

Mark

Hey DRIVE brand

It's not my computer or my documents as such in vista

It is a term of xp

they are the points of junction in vista read below

http://www.Svrops.com/Svrops/articles/jpoints.htm

These are vista forums where vista tips are given

Here are the tips from microsoft on a temporary profile loading in vista

"Your user profile was not loaded correctly! You have been logged on with a temporary profile.

Changes to this profile will be lost when you log out. Please see the the event log for more information or contact your administrator. »

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/947242

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