Nightowl <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
> C J. <no.reply@example.invalid> wrote on Thu, 28 Jun 2007:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Hello C.J.
>
> As you've found (and Pegasus said!) renaming the profile folder and/or
> changing the user logon name doesn't change the registry entry, which is
> still pointing at the old folder.
>
> Have a look here at MVP Ramesh's page, particularly the section
> "Changing the ProfileImagePath value in the Registry".
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/userpath.htm
> That should help, though also be sure to read the important note on the
> page concerning programs that may have "hard-wired" pointers to an
> absolute path, and of course please make a backup first! :-)
>
> Good luck! Please let us know how you get on :-)

Well I'm glad to report back. Mission Accomplished (and not Dubya Style
either.)

After reading Pegasus' post I was sitting here lastnight - figuring all was
lost and I'd never get rid of this \UserB.self and \UserB crapola. I knew
there was something I was doing wrong but I couldn't figure out what that
could be. Suddenly, it dawned on me; I had an image of this\UserB's
account settings I'd saved as a F.A.S.T image file on an old slave drive.

Heres the Steps I used:

1. From \UserA (2nd admin) I created a new account I call User B (space btw
r B.)

2. Next - I disabled old \UserB in computer management. I turned off the
computer. Slaved in my old drive with F.A.S.T image on it, and then turned
PC back on.

3. I logged into the new \User B account.

4. I openned F.A.S.T The entire process was done in about 40 mins (grins.)

5. I logged off \User B, and logged into \UserA and deleted the \UserB (now
listed as unknown) account via System, Advanced, User Profiles. I shut my
system down to remove the old slave drive.

The thing I discovered I had been forgetting to do, was to reboot after
disabling the old account - before removing it.

Now I'm sure I can move what is left out of old remaining \UserB folder
either into my Shared files - or directly into \User B.
At least there is no more UserB.Self-xxxxxxxx in my \docs & settings\
folder to wrestle with.

Since\UserB is now a "orphaned" account folder, I should be able to safely
delete it - once I'm all through moving everything?

Btw, thanks Ramesh for the links.