Re: Lost User files

kah wrote:
Have a friend running windows xp professional, and he decided to
change his username from Administrator to John. After doing so, he
cannot find any of data files. What might be the best solution for
him to recover. Thank you.

Likely he created a new user account.
Copy the files from the old user account.
(c:\documents and settings\administrator\ <etc>)

If you need to take ownership (access is denied messages):

How to Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Read *carefully* - do not just skim the page and start following steps.
There is important information there dependent on the version of Windows XP

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