Hello Wesley,
There are the following folders in the "Documents & Settings" Folders:
1. Administrator
2. All Users
3. Default User (hidden)
4. Jerry
5. User
I am assuming it won't cause problems if I delete the User folder (if
possible)
I would like it so that Windows XP sees that I am the only user.
Thanks,
Jerry
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23EomHuXEGHA.3004@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Jerry,
>
> Is there a Users account on your machine?
>
> Start | Run | Type: control userpasswords | Click OK
>
> To delete a user profile
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...le_delete.mspx
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:H_Uuf.3130$Hl6.2214@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net,
> Newsgroups <jerrysgerber@earthlink.net> hunted and pecked:
>> That is probably what happened. But when I try to move all the contents
>> of
>> the USER folder into JERRY folder, I cannot delete the USER folder as
>> Windows tells me it is a system folder. I think the dealer I bought the
>> computer from must have created this folder, can I delete it and
>> re-organize my folders to reflect who is actually using the computer?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:eg3IWsVEGHA.1476@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Users
>>> The Users folder is not a default XP folder. It must have been created
>>> by you or whoever you purchased your machine from. That probably means
>>> that their is a Users account on your machine also.
>>>
>>> Default Local Disk Folders
>>>
>>> Folder Name: Documents and Settings
>>> Contents: Account information for each user who is granted access on the
>>> computer. Each user account is represented by a subfolder assigned the
>>> user name. Folders under each user account folder include My Documents,
>>> Desktop, and Start Menu.
>>>
>>> These include:
>>>
>>> Documents and Settings\Administrator
>>> Documents and Settings\All Users
>>> Documents and Settings\Default User
>>> Documents and Settings\LocalService
>>> Documents and Settings\NetworkService
>>> Documents and Settings\You
>>>
>>> Some of the above are Hidden folders.
>>>
>>> Administrator is for the Administrator account.
>>>
>>> All Users is used for many things. Your Desktop and Start Menu, for
>>> example, display what is in All Users *and* what is in your Desktop and
>>> Start Menu folders.
>>>
>>> Default User is used when creating new accounts.
>>>
>>> I am not really sure what LocalService & NetworkService are for, but...
>>>
>>> LocalService is the NT Authority\Local Service user account, the Windows
>>> XP
>>> System account.
>>>
>>> Obviously, NetworkService has something to do with networks, the
>>> NetworkService account.
>>>
>>> The LocalService and NetworkService accounts perform things like
>>> synchronize
>>> the time, etc.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>
>>> Wes
>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> In news:v2Uuf.857$WY5.72@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink .net,
>>> Newsgroups <jerrysgerber@earthlink.net> hunted and pecked:
>>>> Hey Rick,
>>>>
>>>> I checked and my icons of shortcuts are neither in C:\Documents and
>>>> Settings\Jerry\Start menu\Programs nor are they in C:\Documents and
>>>> Settings\AllUsers\Start menu\Programs.
>>>>
>>>> Instead they are in C:\Documents and Settings\Users\Programs. But they
>>>> work now correctly. Am I missing something??
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23qheYVSEGHA.984@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On the users folders, the first (USERS) is a template created by the
>>>>> pc
>>>>> maker for all new user accounts. The latter is your actual user
>>>>> profile
>>>>> (click start/run, type %userprofile% and click ok, it should open to
>>>>> your
>>>>> folder). To have icons appear, they need to be in either:
>>>>>
>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Jerry\Start menu\Programs
>>>>> or
>>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Start menu\Programs
>>>>>
>>>>> The latter houses shortcuts and settings that apply (can you guess?)
>>>>> to
>>>>> ALL USER accounts.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>>
>>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>>>
>>>>> "Newsgroups" <jerrysgerber@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:25Iuf.3011$Hl6.337@newsread3.news.pas.earthli nk.net...
>>>>>> I am encountering a problem when I go to the START button and click
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> it to a program folder, where I right click on that folder to open up
>>>>>> a grouping of shortcuts to programs. When I place a new shortcut
>>>>>> icon in that window and close it, the shortcut doesn't show up in the
>>>>>> start menu
>>>>>> programs as I expect, as it did in Windows 98SE.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A related problem seems to be my not being clear on the difference
>>>>>> between the DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS/USER folder and the DOCUMENTS &
>>>>>> SETTINGS/JERRY (my name) folder. The first problem seems connected
>>>>>> in some way to the first.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help as to how Windows handles these mundane tasks would be much
>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jerry
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