Re: Removing User Account Document Folder

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From: Dennis Davis [msft] (ddav_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 16:07:25 -0700

I would be willing to bet that one or both of these user acount had been
logged on when your friend tried to delete the folders. If you just reboot
the machine and then logon you should be able to delete those folders under
'Documents and Settings.'

Let me know if that didn't work,
Dennis Davis [msft]
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"Tommy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:17e4801c41902$c2ddeed0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>I have looked for this online and here but could not find
> any help. Maybe I'm not searching correctly, but here is
> my problem.
>
> My friend has 3 users accounts on his WindowsXP Pro
> computer. All have Admin rights. He was able to go in
> Control Panel and remove the users, but when you
> open "Documents and Settings" you still see the users'
> folders. Windows will not let him delete these. Can
> anyone tell us how?



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