Windows XP USER maintenance

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.

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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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Thanks, I will read up on this, but I have abother critical concern, when I
try to run Autoroute 2005, which was part of my OEM setup, I now get "This
action is valid only for products that are currently installed". It was
installed and I have no installation discs to reinstall it - how do I get it
from the wrong user directory to the right one? i am reluctant to delete
anything until all the OEM applications are working again.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>