Re: Proliferation of "Documents and Settings" directories in WinXP

[Thorsten Matzner]

Gary Lotto > wrote:

>When I typed them in the "Run" box, it brought up a Windows Explorer
>screen (without the tree on the left) that seemed to be pointing to
>"Gary" and to "All Users.WINDOWS". Do you think I can trust this?

I think so. For additional safety check the date stamps of the
folders. "Gary" should have the newest date for all "Gary-related"
folders, "All Users.Windows" the newest date for all the "All
users-related" folders.

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[Thorsten Matzner]

Gary Lotto > wrote:

>When I typed them in the "Run" box, it brought up a Windows Explorer
>screen (without the tree on the left) that seemed to be pointing to
>"Gary" and to "All Users.WINDOWS". Do you think I can trust this?

I think so. For additional safety check the date stamps of the
folders. "Gary" should have the newest date for all "Gary-related"
folders, "All Users.Windows" the newest date for all the "All
users-related" folders.

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[Gary]

Thank you, Thorsten, for your advice. With it, I was able to remove
several directories and several "personalities" that had somehow
erroneously been created.

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:31:28 +0200, Thorsten Matzner
> wrote:

>Gary Lotto > wrote:
>
>>I am the only use of my computer, and have onlyone logon on WinXP:
>>"Gary Lotto". Nonetheless, over the year or so I have been using it,
>>my "Documents and Settings" directories have multiplied to:
>>
>>ADMINI~1
>>All Users
>>All Users.WINDOWS
>>Gary
>>Gary Lotto
>>Gary Lotto.GLOTTOMICRON
>>GARYLO~1~GLO
>>Owner
>>
>>Which of these can I get rid of, and how can I prevent them from
>>coming back?
>
>At a DOS prompt type
>%userprofile%
>You will run into an error message that lists the current user profile
>folder. You can delete all other Gary Lotto-related folders after you
>have made sure that they do no longer contain data that you want to
>keep. Such data should be copied to the current user profile folder
>before.
>Then type
>%allusersprofile%
>at the DOS prompt to find out if ALL USERS or ALL USER.WINDOWS is to
>keep. Delete the useless folder.
>Note: you may have to log on as the Administrator to be able to delete
>the folders. See "A Description of the Safe Boot Mode Options in
>Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222).
>
>>Is there some clean way I can get the materials from one of these
>>directories into the one (or several) I am going to keep, other than
>>just straightforward copying?
>
>Copying is a proper way to take over the data.

[Gary]

Thank you, Thorsten, for your advice. With it, I was able to remove
several directories and several "personalities" that had somehow
erroneously been created.

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:31:28 +0200, Thorsten Matzner
> wrote:

>Gary Lotto > wrote:
>
>>I am the only use of my computer, and have onlyone logon on WinXP:
>>"Gary Lotto". Nonetheless, over the year or so I have been using it,
>>my "Documents and Settings" directories have multiplied to:
>>
>>ADMINI~1
>>All Users
>>All Users.WINDOWS
>>Gary
>>Gary Lotto
>>Gary Lotto.GLOTTOMICRON
>>GARYLO~1~GLO
>>Owner
>>
>>Which of these can I get rid of, and how can I prevent them from
>>coming back?
>
>At a DOS prompt type
>%userprofile%
>You will run into an error message that lists the current user profile
>folder. You can delete all other Gary Lotto-related folders after you
>have made sure that they do no longer contain data that you want to
>keep. Such data should be copied to the current user profile folder
>before.
>Then type
>%allusersprofile%
>at the DOS prompt to find out if ALL USERS or ALL USER.WINDOWS is to
>keep. Delete the useless folder.
>Note: you may have to log on as the Administrator to be able to delete
>the folders. See "A Description of the Safe Boot Mode Options in
>Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315222).
>
>>Is there some clean way I can get the materials from one of these
>>directories into the one (or several) I am going to keep, other than
>>just straightforward copying?
>
>Copying is a proper way to take over the data.

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On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 18:24:14 +0200, Thorsten Matzner
> wrote:

>Gary > wrote:
>
>>Thank you, Thorsten, for your advice. With it, I was able to remove
>>several directories and several "personalities" that had somehow
>>erroneously been created.
>
>You are welcome.

I might have missed it, Thorsten...but how do you keep this from
re-occuring? The proliferation, that is?

Vic

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On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 18:24:14 +0200, Thorsten Matzner
> wrote:

>Gary > wrote:
>
>>Thank you, Thorsten, for your advice. With it, I was able to remove
>>several directories and several "personalities" that had somehow
>>erroneously been created.
>
>You are welcome.

I might have missed it, Thorsten...but how do you keep this from
re-occuring? The proliferation, that is?

Vic