"C J." <no.reply@example.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> I created a new account C:\Docs & Settings\UserC on my system, and copied
> profile settings from a corrupted account - UserB. Once everything was
> copied over. I logged into UserC account and everything appearred to be
> fine except for a couple of programs that were looking for C:\Docs &
> Settings\UserB\myappdata\default profile\datacontent So I copied the
> information over manually, and straightened that folder out.
>
> I logged off UserC, and back in as 2nd admin UserA, I disabled the UserB
> account and then deleted it. Then I renamed UserC back to UserB and
> logged in on UserB. All the stuff I'd transferred over was hosed. It was
> like a brand new account all over again. I go back into Docs and
> Settings to see whats the heck is going on and I find a
> \UserB.Self-xxxxxxx folder in there. I look inside and all my stuff is in
> this folder, and not in \UserB
>
> So I copied it all back over to the UserB account. Perhaps theres
> something I'm doing wrong here... but my problem is - now I've got 2
> account folders called UserB and UserB.Self-xxxxxxxx
> I can't delete UserB.self Because it hoses \UserB and creates a new
> userB.self.
>
> HELP!!!!
>

Renaming UserC to UserB will NOT point that user to the UserB
profile folder. The renamed user will still use the old UserC profile
folder, as recorded in the registry.

Why this fascination with profile folder names? You should let
Windows handle them!