Problems with Administration accounts

[Mac Morrison]

I wanted to make my own user account so I created a new a
account and made that account the administrator. After
doing this I saw no need for my old account so I deleted
it. When I was deleting my old account it asked me if I
wanted to keep my old 'My Document's'folder and I hit the
keep files button. When I went looking for my old files
they were no where to be found, I even used the search
program and still came up wtih nothing. So I used the
system restore program to see if that would bring back my
old user account but it didn't. I now cannot access the
Administrator's My Documents folder. It says 'Access
Denied'when I try to open it even though I made myself
the administrator. Could anyone give me some suggestions
to help me find out what happened to my old files and how
to access the Administrators My Documents folder?

 

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

Hi Mac,

First, keep in mind that there is not a single "the administrator".
You defined a new account and made it an admin, you then
removed the old account.
When you look in c:\Documents and Settings, do you see
a folder with the original name of the account you deleted,
the name it had when it was first logged into ?
Is your Explorer set to how everything ?

Your documents should be in one of those profile folders.
When you find the correct one you will need, as an admin,
to take ownership of it if it had been made private. Do not
do the "take ownership" on any profile where you want to
still use the corresponding account !!!
Take Ownership see Help and Support, or
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421