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

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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
 
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

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You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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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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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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"
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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My OE files are not located in My Documents and I use the default location.

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Richard Urban said:
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"
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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?
 
John said:
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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Because that's the way XP is designed! Why worry about it?
 
Question on similar lines, I delete a user which had a password and now can
not delete the directories, under that user name.
 
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