Help! I deleted my own user account

[deanna]

Stupidly, I have deleted my own user account on my laptop. (Somebod
helping me connect to my office network for some reason set up severa
superfluous 'user accounts' in control panel; in deleting them
accidentally deleted my own.) I am currently using the computer unde
another Administrator account, when I look in "Documents and Settings
I can see that my documents are still there. But I can't get to all m
photos that were in picasa, or any of my firefox settings, etc etc

*How can I restore my own user account?* Is it possible at all????
just want to put it back to how it was an hour ago!! *And if not, ho
do I get all of the files I see in the 'Documents and Settings' folde
into a new account?* (And while its not a 'windows xp' question, i
anyone knows how to recover my Firefox settings, should i not be abl
to recover my user account, that would be very helpful as well.)

Thank you

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How do I get all of the files I see in the 'Documents and Settings'
Recovering Deleted Files:
http://aumha.org/a/recover.php

<quote>
So the first rule is: STOP USING THAT COMPUTER IMMEDIATELY! THIS MINUTE!
RIGHT NOW! Use another computer to get the recovery tool you will need.

</quote>


--
Ramesh, MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User


Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

 

[GTS]

You can't readily restore the removed account but you should be able to copy
files to a new account. You don't explain what you mean by you can't get to
things. If there's an access denied issue see
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

Firefox configuration and bookmarks are stored in
"X:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iustlxnt.default\"
It should work to copy the content of that folder to another user account.

 

[GTS]

Addendum - See also How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new
profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

 

[GTS]

You can't readily restore the removed account but you should be able to copy
files to a new account. You don't explain what you mean by you can't get to
things. If there's an access denied issue see
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

Firefox configuration and bookmarks are stored in
"X:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application
Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\iustlxnt.default\"
It should work to copy the content of that folder to another user account.