Tidying up user account

[PortPilot]

Hello PS,

while travelling, I had to remedy some wifi connection issues. Following some how-to's found, I added new user accounts (so I think). OS is Windows 7.

Under c:\Users, there are 3 write-protected folders now, one being the original one. Let's call it ALEX. A 2nd one ALEX.ALEX-COM and a 3rd ALEX-tr.

To keep things tidy, I'd like to get rid of these additional folders and of course, my user account to be in original condition.


As a remedy, I already considered to simply move all files from these additional folders to ALEX, but eventually skipped it as I wasn't sure if that would add further complications.

However the system now seems to like ALEX.ALEX-COM better than ALEX as it added some new files to it, instead of ALEX.

-> How can I get rid of these extra folders and how can I get my user account back into original state?

Could somebody please guide me what to do.
Cheers much.

[DarkRaven671]

Originally Posted by PortPilot

However the system now seems to like ALEX.ALEX-COM better than ALEX as it added some new files to it, instead of ALEX.

What does that mean, exactly? The system doesn't have preferences, you can decide which account you use to log in. Once logged in, changes that affect the profile (the file and folder structure in each personal folder) will happen in the context of the account you're using at that moment. Exceptions are, for example, installed software with desktop shortcuts for all users.

By default, users don't have access to each others folders, unless they have administrative access or were given access.

With administrative access, if your main account doesn't already have it, you can move files you need from the other folders to whereever you want them to have. You can delete the users you don't need/want anymore in the system settings.

I wouldn't bother though, support for Windows 7 ended in 2020 and even the ESU program ended in 2023, if you even had it in the first place, which you probably didn't. It's a serious security concern, you need to get rid of it.