CreateProfile function

Creates a new user profile.

Syntax

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HRESULT WINAPI CreateProfile(
  _In_  LPCWSTR pszUserSid,
  _In_  LPCWSTR pszUserName,
  _Out_ LPWSTR  pszProfilePath,
  _In_  DWORD   cchProfilePath
);

Parameters

pszUserSid [in]

Type: LPCWSTR

Pointer to the SID of the user as a string.

pszUserName [in]

Type: LPCWSTR

The user name of the new user. This name is used as the base name for the profile directory.

pszProfilePath [out]

Type: LPWSTR

When this function returns, contains a pointer to the full path of the profile.

cchProfilePath [in]

Type: DWORD

Size of the buffer pointed to by pszProfilePath, in characters.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

Returns S_OK if successful, or an error value otherwise, including the following:

Return codeDescription
E_ACCESSDENIED

The caller does not have a sufficient permission level to create the profile.

HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)

A profile already exists for the specified user.

 

Remarks

The caller must have administrator privileges to call this function.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows Vista [desktop apps only]

Minimum supported server

Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]

Header
Userenv.h

Library
Userenv.lib

DLL
Userenv.dll

 

 

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