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Old 01-05-2006, 02:00 AM
Scott
 
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Default Documents and Settings Confusion

In the Documents and Settings directory, there are three folders: All Users,
Default User, and "User Name". I am the only user. Can I delete two of the
three folders? If so, is there any information from the two folders that
should be in the remaining folder?

Also, under the C: directory, there is a "User Name's" Documents folder.

Within all four of these folders, some of the information is the same (which
seems to be redundant) and some of the information is different. I'm confused
about what I should keep and what I can get rid of. Please help. Thank you!
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:00 AM
Nepatsfan
 
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"Scott" <Scott@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> In the Documents and Settings directory, there are three
> folders: All Users, Default User, and "User Name". I am the
> only user. Can I delete two of the three folders? If so, is
> there any information from the two folders that should be in
> the remaining folder?
>
> Also, under the C: directory, there is a "User Name's"
> Documents folder.
>
> Within all four of these folders, some of the information is
> the same (which seems to be redundant) and some of the
> information is different. I'm confused about what I should
> keep and what I can get rid of. Please help. Thank you!


The Default Users folder is a template that is used whenever a
new user account is added to the computer. Without this folder
you would have a hard time replacing a corrupted user account.

The All Users folder stores settings that are common to all
users on the computer. If you were to delete this folder, a
good number of the items listed on your Start Menu would
disappear.

Within the Documents and Settings folder, along with a folder
for your user account, you'll find these folders:
Administrator, All Users, Default User, Local Service, Network
Service. None of these folders should be deleted. Those folders
are there for a reason. Deleting any of these folders would be
a mistake.

Nepatsfan


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