Documents and Settings Files

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In the Documents and Settings Folder I have files for each user of the
computer e.g. I have a folder for Guest, Guest.Desktop. Guest.Desktop.000,
Guest.Desktop.001, Guest.Desktop.002.

Since these are all very large files, I would like to delete unused
versions. Which of these can I delete?

Thanks

Kingy
 
Kingy said:
In the Documents and Settings Folder I have files for each user of the
computer e.g. I have a folder for Guest, Guest.Desktop. Guest.Desktop.000,
Guest.Desktop.001, Guest.Desktop.002.

Since these are all very large files, I would like to delete unused
versions. Which of these can I delete?

Thanks

Kingy
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Don't *quite* know why you have all those "guest.*" users, but the
correct way to remove them is through Control Panel-User Accounts and
delete them there. You will then get the option to delete files or save
them. (Logged on as a User with Admin rights of course.......)

HTH


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Gordon said:
Don't *quite* know why you have all those "guest.*" users, but the
correct way to remove them is through Control Panel-User Accounts and
delete them there. You will then get the option to delete files or save
them. (Logged on as a User with Admin rights of course.......)

HTH
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The cause and solution to this problem are documented on page 95 of
Windows XP Inside Out. it states

If you use a tool other than User Accounts to delete an account, the
user's original profile remains in the Documents and Settings folder.
If you later create a new account with the same name, Windows creates a
new profile folder, but because a folder already exists with that user's
name (for example, C:\Documents and Settings\Josie), it appends the
computer name to the user name to create a convoluted folder name (for
example, C:\Documents and Settings\Josie.DesktopPC). The extra folder
not only consumes disk space, but leads to confusion about which is the
correct profile folder. (In general, the one with the longest name is
the most recent. But you can be only certain by examining files in the
profile folder.) To avoid this problem, use User Accounts to delete
accounts because it properly deletes the old profile along with the account.
 
JW said:
The cause and solution to this problem are documented on page 95 of
Windows XP Inside Out. it states

If you use a tool other than User Accounts to delete an account, the
user's original profile remains in the Documents and Settings folder. If
you later create a new account with the same name, Windows creates a new
profile folder, but because a folder already exists with that user's
name (for example, C:\Documents and Settings\Josie), it appends the
computer name to the user name to create a convoluted folder name (for
example, C:\Documents and Settings\Josie.DesktopPC). The extra folder
not only consumes disk space, but leads to confusion about which is the
correct profile folder. (In general, the one with the longest name is
the most recent. But you can be only certain by examining files in the
profile folder.) To avoid this problem, use User Accounts to delete
accounts because it properly deletes the old profile along with the
account.
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Thanks for that - I must dig my copy out....;-)

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Following up on what JW posted, the Deluxe Edition of that book
contains the following additional info:

"If you delete an account with a tool other than User Accounts,
the account's profile continues to occupy space in the Documents
And Settings folder and in the registry. You don't want to delete
the files or registry entries directly because a simple mistake
could affect other accounts. Instead, right-click My Computer and
choose Properties. Click the Advanced tab and then click Settings
under User Profiles. Select the account named Account Unknown
(the deleted account) and click Delete. "
 
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