Deleted a user acct and it screwed up the "Shared Documents" folder
From: Buddy Howeth (B.Howeth_at_Worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/25/03
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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:24:13 -0700
I just recently upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP
home edition. I also converted my disk from FAT32 to NTFS
before this happened.
I copied about 4.7 gigabytes of music and documents to
the "Shared Documents" folder in Windows XP. This is
actually in the "All Users" context. This is to allow all
users of the computer to share documents, etc.
I then deleted one of the accounts on my computer. This
left 2 accounts (all 3 were administrators). When I
deleted one of the accounts, Windows changed the name of
the "Shared Documents" folder to "Documents" and denied
any access to it. If you right click on it and check it's
properties, it shows no folders or files. The 4.7
gigabytes of disk space was still being used, but I was
unable to access any of the files which had been in
the "Shared Documents" folder.
I tried using system restore to fix the problem. It
restored the deleted account, but did not rename back the
folder nor did it allow me to access my now missing files.
I tried the recovery console, CHKDSK, and a repair setup
and nothing worked.
I had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall Windows XP
again (only after 7 days and I have discovered several
bugs).
Anyone had this problem and is there a fix?
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