Can't delete system folder

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Matt

I have recently renamed my user account name. However, when I look in
document/settings, my other "user name" is still there. I tried deleting it
but it says it's a system folder and it says that it needs it to run
properly.

Any ideas how to fix/delete it?

Thanks
 
Matt said:
I have recently renamed my user account name. However, when I look in
document/settings, my other "user name" is still there. I tried deleting it
but it says it's a system folder and it says that it needs it to run
properly.

Any ideas how to fix/delete it?

Thanks
Click to expand...
Log on as an Administrator, go to Control Panel\User Accounts. Click the
account you want to delete and click the "delete account" line.

Cajunswabbie
 
Hi Matt,

You can change the name on a user account, but you cannot change the name on
the user's account folder. The workaround is to create a new account with
the preferred name, then copy the old user data to it.


How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

Note that one step not listed in the article is that after creating the
destination profile you must log into it once first to create the necessary
file structure before you do the copy procedure. To delete the old user
profile account folders, you must first disable that account via the Users
applet in the Control Panel, then logon as administrator to delete the
folders.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
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