Profwiz causes newly migrated account to "Flicker" 2026 (Windos 11)
Posted by Turbulent-Ad4518@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 8 comments
Just want to update this archived post about icons flickering/flashing after the user profile migration. I have tried everything from the old post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1kmk2rc/profwiz_causes_newly_migrated_account_to_flicker/
Eventually, I submitted a support request to ForensiT, and they gave me the answer that actually worked:
Please can you try to run:
Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience | Reset-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *MSTeams* | Reset-AppxPackage
While logged in as the affected user.
thisguy_right_here@reddit
Was using an old version that had this issue on some computers
Contacted support and newer version fixed it..
Work around was running the transfer again.
Turbulent-Ad4518@reddit (OP)
I used the latest version 24.8.1296. And tried to migrate again, but it did not help.
ranger_dood@reddit
This did happen with a previous version after a Windows update. ForensIT released a new version to fix it, but it appears that there's been another update that broke it again. I have also had luck doing the following to resolve this:
Corrupted icon cache files can cause desktop icons to blink. To rebuild the icon cache:
Press Windows + R, type %userprofile%\AppData\Local, and press Enter.
Locate and delete the IconCache.db file.
Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
Find and select Windows Explorer, then click Restart.
This will force Windows to rebuild the icon cache.
ETurns@reddit
Hey! I've seen and fixed this exact issue. Im going to look through old tickets and update my comment with the exact solution, but I remember it was related to an interaction with the default pdf viewer and Adobe.
ItBurnsOutBright@reddit
Literally just used profwiz last week and did notice after first sign in windows threw a fit about not being able determine the .html and .pff default appa after first sign in.
NaturalIdiocy@reddit
The OP posted a different answer, but I assume one of the things it does is change the default app for at least one file/action, which maybe has it recheck the other ones and resolve this issue.
thefpspower@reddit
I never found out why but I remember it happening like 2 years ago only on windows 11, ended up deleting the profile and doing it again which fixed it. Luckily it only happened twice so I didn't think much of it.
Thanks for sharing the solution.
VexedTruly@reddit
I’ll keep this in mind too. Don’t use profwiz regularly but I still run into this occasionally even when using the latest version. Thanks.