Settings.ini, sidebar does not display - A pop-up says "settings.ini is being used by another process. Close other programs, and then click Retry. »

My sidebar is not displayed in my administrator account. A pop-up Windows says 'settings.ini is being used by another process. Close other programs, and then click Retry. "However, no other program does run I know. I'm not able to access using Windows, the window is empty and shows that the site is under construction. Internet access seems to be hampered. This problem is not on my user account on the same computer, and I saw Windows Help on my user account. Also I tried to do a system restore and it was unsuccessful both times.

The profile of the user of this account may be damaged. You must create two new accounts administrator and use one to copy the data from your current account to the new account on the other.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

I managed to fix this time by running the Fixit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886549

Some of the registry keys that repairs this Fixit seemed to have been corrupted by a facility in need of elevation on behalf of administrator halfway through user account. It is interesting to try everything first to see if that fixes it. I always keep a few spare administrator accounts available now.

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