I am looking to search for lost data and program files in my system but it is
requesting a username and I don't know what it is. How do I find it?

deez wrote:

> I am looking to search for lost data and program files in my system
> but it is requesting a username and I don't know what it is. How do I
> find it?

What is "requesting a username"? Please give a better description so we
can help you.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

The username I am requested to enter is when I hit START then ENTER then I
type CMD in the space to take me into my dos program to search for lost data.
This is on the help and support page on microsoft called "Missing Data or
Program Settings After Upgrade to Windows XP".

"Malke" wrote:

> deez wrote:
>
> > I am looking to search for lost data and program files in my system
> > but it is requesting a username and I don't know what it is. How do I
> > find it?
>
> What is "requesting a username"? Please give a better description so we
> can help you.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
>

I just noticed, it's actually called a "user~tmp.@01" where would I find this?


"deez" wrote:

> The username I am requested to enter is when I hit START then ENTER then I
> type CMD in the space to take me into my dos program to search for lost data.
> This is on the help and support page on microsoft called "Missing Data or
> Program Settings After Upgrade to Windows XP".
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>
> > deez wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking to search for lost data and program files in my system
> > > but it is requesting a username and I don't know what it is. How do I
> > > find it?
> >
> > What is "requesting a username"? Please give a better description so we
> > can help you.
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
> > Elephant Boy Computers
> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
> > "Don't Panic!"
> >

deez wrote:

> I just noticed, it's actually called a "user~tmp.@01" where would I
> find this?
>
>
> "deez" wrote:
>
>> The username I am requested to enter is when I hit START then ENTER
>> then I type CMD in the space to take me into my dos program to search
>> for lost data. This is on the help and support page on microsoft
>> called "Missing Data or Program Settings After Upgrade to Windows
>> XP".
>>
>> "Malke" wrote:
>>
>> > deez wrote:
>> >
>> > > I am looking to search for lost data and program files in my
>> > > system but it is requesting a username and I don't know what it
>> > > is. How do I find it?
>> >
>> > What is "requesting a username"? Please give a better description
>> > so we can help you.
>> >
>> > Malke
>> > --
>> > MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> > Elephant Boy Computers
>> > www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> > "Don't Panic!"
>> >

Are you referring to this Knowledge Base article?
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312942

If so, I think you are doing something wrong. Here are the steps again:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type cmd, and then click OK.
3. Type cd\, and then press ENTER.
4. Type cd\user~temp.@01, and then press ENTER.
5. Type dir /x, and then press ENTER. Note the short file name for the
user account folder. For example, the short file name for "User Name,
II." might be "USERNA~1".
6. Type ren userna~1 username, and then press ENTER
7. Type exit, and then press ENTER.
8. Click Start, and then click Run.
9. Type %homedrive%\user~tmp.@01\username, and then click OK. This
folder and subfolders should contain the files from the missing user
account.

If, after following these steps carefully, you are still having
problems, please post back with *exactly* what you are entering.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

I can get to step 4, but when I type cd\user~temp.@01 it rrespondes with...
the system cannot find the path specified. What am I doing wrong here. I am
looking for lost folders and files that I lost after upgrading from Windows
98 to Windows XP. Will this way work or is there a better way?

deez wrote:

> I can get to step 4, but when I type cd\user~temp.@01 it rrespondes
> with... the system cannot find the path specified. What am I doing
> wrong here. I am looking for lost folders and files that I lost after
> upgrading from Windows 98 to Windows XP. Will this way work or is
> there a better way?

Perhaps there isn't a file called "user~temp.@01 and that's why you
can't find it. Are these data files you are looking for? Do a search
for a file name you remember. Can you give us a little more detail
about what data you are actually looking for?

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

The folders I am looking for are pictures of projects, cards and clients I
have done. I am also looking for my lost favorites, but also tried the way
suggested by Kelly and it did not help. The files were folders that I named.
I have searched for them by their name and even used an "*" before the words
but found nothing.

deez wrote:

> The folders I am looking for are pictures of projects, cards and
> clients I have done. I am also looking for my lost favorites, but also
> tried the way suggested by Kelly and it did not help. The files were
> folders that I named. I have searched for them by their name and even
> used an "*" before the words but found nothing.

OK, I've looked through this whole thread and I don't see a description
of what you actually did to upgrade. It sounds very much like you did a
clean install as opposed to an upgrade. This would wipe out all the old
data. However, since you haven't actually said what you did, this is
just a guess. Post back with a full description of what you actually
did to get WindowsXP.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Well, my husband doesn't know if he did a clean install or an actual update.
My old data was not wiped out, various folders are randomly missing, folders
within folders. It doesn't seem to make sense that only a few were missing.
If he did do a clean install is there any way I can find them? How will he
know which he did?