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Missing junction points from the Default User profile on non–en-US Windows 10 installation media


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Symptoms

You have Windows 10 installation media, such as an iso file that is downloaded from MSDN, that is not in the en-US language (for example, fr-CA or en-GB). On this media, the junction points might be missing in the Default User profile. Because of this issue, any user profiles in this system that are created in the future will not have these junction points.

For example, when this issue occurs, you see the following output when you run dir /AL under the user profile folder:


By contrast, here is an example of output if the junction points exist:


This issue may cause compatibility issues for some applications that rely on these junction points existing.

Note This issue occurs for new installations and in-place upgrades to Windows 10 Version 1703, Windows 10 Version 1709, Windows 10 Version 1803. This issue was fixed in Windows 10, version 1809 and later versions.

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Workaround

To work around this issue, use an en-US image to install Windows, and then install the necessary language pack.

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Resolution

This issue was fixed in Windows 10, version 1809 and later versions.

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Keywords: non-English Windows missing junction points

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Article Info
Article ID : 4132810
Revision : 15
Created on : 4/22/2020
Published on : 4/22/2020
Exists online : False
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