User account delete but keep files

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Problem
All files were lost after the below actions. Asking for hints how to recover the lost files
Control panel, User Accounts, change an account, (selected non-adminsistrator account), delete account, keep files (rather than delete files)

The system deleted all the corresponding files. The system did create the appropriate folder on the desktop, but folder was empty. Conducted "restore" but only the sub-folders were restored, not the Word & Excel files
 
Hi,

Try a freeware undelete utility, and quickly before the space those files
occupied is overwritten. The more you do with the machine, the better the
chance of that happening.

This one works well:
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Bill Tennis Briggs said:
Problem:
All files were lost after the below actions. Asking for hints how to recover the lost files;
Control panel, User Accounts, change an account, (selected
Click to expand...
non-adminsistrator account), delete account, keep files (rather than delete
files).
The system deleted all the corresponding files. The system did create the
Click to expand...
appropriate folder on the desktop, but folder was empty. Conducted
"restore" but only the sub-folders were restored, not the Word & Excel
files.
 
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