Delete old document & settings sub folders

[Gaz]

Hi,
hope I can explain my problem clearly.
Since re-installing XP it has created new accounts in the
documents and settings folder.
Where before mine was called Gaz it has one now called
Gaz.Computer.
Question is how do I change the name of this back to just
Gaz as I have found that I cannot delete this folder and
it appears to have all the settings I need so deleting it
appears not to be an option.
Another question is that I cannot delete one of the old
folders as within it there are sub folders with names
like:- G109EJGL, IPFSLKFM and 80S2LDEO which when I try
to delete them a message comes up which says
"Cannot delete 18360[1].:Cannot find the specified file.
Make sure you specify the correct path and file name."
These sub folders each contain a single file of 0kb in
size.

Hope someone understands this and can explain in simple
language how to deal.

TIA
Gaz

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You cannot rename it. You can "take ownership" of the old files and
transfer them to the new profile.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

 

[Guest]

Confusing,try going to my computer,search,type in the
name of a folder or file,when it shows,L.click,then
select in the sub-menu,change name,or try R.click,change
name .You can delete anything from search so long as
its not being used at that time(opened).

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help Guys,
Managed to delete the three weird sub folders.
Still not sure about renaming the main user account, but
I suppose that's something I will have to live with.

If you can think of anything else it would be much
appreciated.

Thanks Again
Gaz

-----Original Message-----
You cannot rename it. You can "take ownership" of the old files and
transfer them to the new profile.

See Help and Support and search for "take ownership"

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

Hi,
hope I can explain my problem clearly.
Since re-installing XP it has created new accounts in the
documents and settings folder.
Where before mine was called Gaz it has one now called
Gaz.Computer.
Question is how do I change the name of this back to just
Gaz as I have found that I cannot delete this folder and
it appears to have all the settings I need so deleting it
appears not to be an option.
Another question is that I cannot delete one of the old
folders as within it there are sub folders with names
like:- G109EJGL, IPFSLKFM and 80S2LDEO which when I try
to delete them a message comes up which says
"Cannot delete 18360[1].:Cannot find the specified file.
Make sure you specify the correct path and file name."
These sub folders each contain a single file of 0kb in
size.

Hope someone understands this and can explain in simple
language how to deal.

TIA
Gaz

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