John D wrote:
> I had to restore the system from the rescue discs after a fatal
> crash. My User names were not prompted and I had to add my user
> name via the control panel. This seemed to work but now I have two
> sets of user local directories , one in the original nam,e and one
> in the orinal name.computer name. It is the latter that is
> accesssed when I log on. I have moved my key folders content from
> the old to the new but how do I eliminate the old set? Explorer
> will not let me delete the pld user name directory and its
> subdirectories.

"Access Denied"?

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

How to disable simplified sharing & set permissions
on a shared folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/30787

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