Re: Profile deleted - all files gone!!!

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 22:32:57 -0700

Read the KB article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Jeff Zalkind" <ratsass999@gmx.de> wrote in 
message news:0e8601c38be6$a6754cb0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Thanks for the initial tip - do you have a link (or 
> effective keywords) for the page? When I enter "take 
> ownership of profile" in the search box, all I get is 
> three notes on SQL. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff Zalkind
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Perhaps you just can't see them? Read in Help and Support 
> for how to
> >take ownership of your old profile folder for your 
> particular version of
> >XP and then take ownership of your old profile folder and 
> then you
> >should be able to see everything.
> >
> >-- 
> >Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> >
> >"Jeff Zalkind" <ratsass999@gmx.de> wrote in
> >message news:13e101c38b41$ca2f04c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi all,
> >> I was having problems with a corrupt XP profile, so I
> >> created a new profile and deleted the existing one. In 
> the
> >> process, XP informed me that all the old profile's
> >> settings and documents would be saved in a folder named
> >> <old_profile_name>, so I said OK. XP did indeed create a
> >> folder called <old_profile_name>, but all it contained 
> was
> >> the Windows Briefcase and two files that were on the
> >> desktop, but NONE of the files in the "My Documents"
> >> folder. This means ALL THE FILES IN MY DOCUMENTS WERE
> >> DELETED! (yes, I'm a little upset). Does anyone have any
> >> idea why this happened or, more importantly, how I can 
> get
> >> the files back? I've downloaded and installed several
> >> undelete tools, but they can't seem to find anything.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >> Jeff Zalkind
> >
> >.
> >

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