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[john]

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What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only one
user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
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John

 

[Guest]

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None - they are systems placeholder folders designed for the logical
and convenient storage of files.

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"John" wrote:

| What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only one
| user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
| --
| John

 

[Guest]

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Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate problems.

You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents, My
Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go deleting the
folders.

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Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only one
> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
> --
> John

 

[Guest]

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Be careful there Rick, Outlook/Outlook Express along with other personalized
application data is stored there by user. The OP could inadvertently delete
his/her mailbox, address book, etc.

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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u6ueQ4JgFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate problems.
>
> You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents, My
> Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go deleting
> the folders.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
>> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only
>> one
>> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
>> --
>> John
>
>

 

[Guest]

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"Star Fleet Admiral Q"
<Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uGRRppNgFHA.3656@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl
> Be careful there Rick, Outlook/Outlook Express along with other
> personalized application data is stored there by user. The OP could
> inadvertently delete his/her mailbox, address book, etc.
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u6ueQ4JgFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate
>> problems.
>>
>> You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents,
>> My Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go
>> deleting the folders.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban

My OE files are not located in My Documents and I use the default location.

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[Guest]

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I wasn't going to tell him not to delete anything, because he seems bent on
doing it anyway! If he deletes something he finds he needs.......... - well,
we all learn from doing that. On the other hand, if a person protects
themselves they can delete "anything". (-:

There was another post today, in different group, where a guy decided to
clean up his system32 folder a bit. Now many of his desktop icons no longer
work. Go figure!

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Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Star Fleet Admiral Q" <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com>
wrote in message news:uGRRppNgFHA.3656@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Be careful there Rick, Outlook/Outlook Express along with other
> personalized application data is stored there by user. The OP could
> inadvertently delete his/her mailbox, address book, etc.
>
> --
>
> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service!
>
> http://www.google.com
> Google is your "Friend"
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u6ueQ4JgFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate problems.
>>
>> You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents, My
>> Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go deleting
>> the folders.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
>>> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only
>>> one
>>> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
>>> --
>>> John
>>
>>
>
>

 

[Guest]

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!


"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eYDOLuNgFHA.3936@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I wasn't going to tell him not to delete anything, because he seems bent on
>doing it anyway! If he deletes something he finds he needs.......... -
>well, we all learn from doing that. On the other hand, if a person protects
>themselves they can delete "anything". (-:
>
> There was another post today, in different group, where a guy decided to
> clean up his system32 folder a bit. Now many of his desktop icons no
> longer work. Go figure!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
>
> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
>
> "Star Fleet Admiral Q"
> <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uGRRppNgFHA.3656@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Be careful there Rick, Outlook/Outlook Express along with other
>> personalized application data is stored there by user. The OP could
>> inadvertently delete his/her mailbox, address book, etc.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service!
>>
>> http://www.google.com
>> Google is your "Friend"
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:u6ueQ4JgFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate problems.
>>>
>>> You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents, My
>>> Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go deleting
>>> the folders.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>>
>>> If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>>
>>>
>>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
>>>> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only
>>>> one
>>>> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
>>>> --
>>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

 

[john]

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I am the only user and I Have (1) Administrator (2)All Users (3)Default User
(4) John (5).

Why do you need all this redunant junk?
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John


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP" wrote:

> "Star Fleet Admiral Q"
> <Star_Fleet_Admiral_Q(NO-SPAM)@(SPAM-NOT)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uGRRppNgFHA.3656@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl
> > Be careful there Rick, Outlook/Outlook Express along with other
> > personalized application data is stored there by user. The OP could
> > inadvertently delete his/her mailbox, address book, etc.
> >
> >
> > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:u6ueQ4JgFHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> Don't go deleting anything in there. You will cause ultimate
> >> problems.
> >>
> >> You cab delete anything you want from within your own My Documents,
> >> My Videos, My Photos etc. Get there from My Computer. But don't go
> >> deleting the folders.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Urban
>
> My OE files are not located in My Documents and I use the default location.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
> Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Protect your PC
> http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
> http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
>
>
>

 

[Gordon]

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"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6925CD3D-F624-45FD-9A63-53762E4B7026@microsoft.com...
> I am the only user and I Have (1) Administrator (2)All Users (3)Default
User
> (4) John (5).
>
> Why do you need all this redunant junk?

Because that's the way XP is designed! Why worry about it?

 

[Guest]

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Question on similar lines, I delete a user which had a password and now can
not delete the directories, under that user name.


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only one
> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
> --
> John

 

[Guest]

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Type taking ownership in help.

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"John Casey" <JohnCasey@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:%23WXa8pggFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Question on similar lines, I delete a user which had a password and now can
> not delete the directories, under that user name.
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:54AEFF67-4A12-4541-96C0-8FADCE1456E9@microsoft.com...
>> What folders in Documents and settings can be deleted if there is only one
>> user and that use has adminsitrative privilges
>> --
>> John
>
>