Proliferation of "Documents and Settings" directories in WinXP

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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(tm)

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.

--
(tm)

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.

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.

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

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