Re: Documents & Settings Folder Issue
- From: Sharon F <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:26:21 -0500
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:21:40 -0700, BeatSupreme wrote:
Under my Documents & Settings folder, I have to older user folders and I
would like to delete them. I know that I SHOULD NOT delete mine, but if I
delete the other users will this effect my computer at all? Boot up, start
menus? I know to backup any files that I have created. The thing is, this
folder combined is 14GB! I need to free up some space, and this would help
quite a bit. Let me know which folders I can and can not delete if possible.
Thank you!
Mike
"Older users"? If these are not for system accounts such as Default User,
Administrator or Owner (an OEM installed account), it should be fine.
When you use Control Panel> Users and delete a user, you will be prompted
as to whether you want to keep their documents or not. You can say yes or
no. If you say yes, the user's files will be placed in an accessible
folder. You can sort through them at your leisure - tossing what is no
longer needed and moving files that you would like to keep to other folder.
If you happen to run into an "access denied" message when trying to access
any files that belonged to former users, they are still being protected for
the deleted user. By taking ownership of the files, you'll be able to open
them for review. For directions on how to do that, open up Help and Support
(Start> Help and Support) and look up the topic "take ownership."
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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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