Account Problems

[John]

I just created a new user account and it has deleted (or
made unaccesable) some of my files and folders that were
in my Administrator account that was on there when I
first use the computer. How do I either make everything
accesable or just go back to my old Administrator account.
Thanks

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

John wrote:
> I just created a new user account and it has deleted (or
> made unaccesable) some of my files and folders that were
> in my Administrator account that was on there when I
> first use the computer. How do I either make everything
> accesable or just go back to my old Administrator account.
> Thanks

John

This article describes the step by step procedure for copying the old
profile data to the newly created profile.

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

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[peter]

I had the same problem so I followed the instructions
from the article. Unfortunately, this did not restore the
information into Outlook Express - I cannot find my
address book, saved emails, email accounts, etc. Please
advise


>-----Original Message-----
>John wrote:
>> I just created a new user account and it has deleted
(or
>> made unaccesable) some of my files and folders that
were
>> in my Administrator account that was on there when I
>> first use the computer. How do I either make
everything
>> accesable or just go back to my old Administrator
account.
>> Thanks
>
>John
>
>This article describes the step by step procedure for
copying the old
>profile data to the newly created profile.
>
>How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile:
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151
>
>--
>Ronnie Vernon
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows Shell/User
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
>For a better way to access these newsgroups look here:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>
>.
>

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

peter wrote:
> I had the same problem so I followed the instructions
> from the article. Unfortunately, this did not restore the
> information into Outlook Express - I cannot find my
> address book, saved emails, email accounts, etc. Please
> advise
>


Is the old accounts folder structure still intact? If not, you may have
inadvertently removed them. Make sure you have all hidden file attributes
turned off and search for the *.dbx files. These will be your OE email
files.

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Microsoft MVP
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