removing account folders

[mark]

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Under documents and settings folder, there seems to be several accounts in
use. Administrator, one account in my name ( *** ), all users, default user.
Can I delete 'all users' and 'default user' ? I have read previous posts and
you need to keep administrator. There is only going to be one user, myself.
Of the other folders, there just seems to be duplicating folders.

 

[Guest]

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Leave those ones alone

Default user is a template, used when new users are created
All users is being used by you, you just aren't aware of it.
Many programs put their shortcuts in All Users
eg. take a look at All Users--Start Menu Programs


Regards
Mark Dormer

"mark" <anon@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Under documents and settings folder, there seems to be several accounts in
> use. Administrator, one account in my name ( *** ), all users, default
user.
> Can I delete 'all users' and 'default user' ? I have read previous posts
and
> you need to keep administrator. There is only going to be one user,
myself.
> Of the other folders, there just seems to be duplicating folders.
>
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:15:24 +0100, mark wrote:

> Under documents and settings folder, there seems to be several accounts in
> use. Administrator, one account in my name ( *** ), all users, default user.
> Can I delete 'all users' and 'default user' ? I have read previous posts and
> you need to keep administrator. There is only going to be one user, myself.
> Of the other folders, there just seems to be duplicating folders.

You may not have a need for Default User at the moment but somewhere down
the line your regular everyday account might run into trouble and need to
be replaced or recreated. When/if that day comes, XP will use Default User
to create the account.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User