User already added to this pc.

I want to add another user with a microsoft account for someone else to my pc. They have had an account before but I removed it for a short while. I now want to add their user back to the pc, but everytime I try i get the message '(email address) has already been added to this pc.' and I cannot add them back. However there are no traces of this user in the C:/Users folder. How can I add them back?

Try3 said:

Check for the account in Settings, Accounts, Family & other users [and check Access work or school].

The C:\Users subfolder is only created when a user logs in not when the account is created.

Denis

I've checked it and it isnt showing up. There are no traces of this microsoft account anywhere as far as i've looked.

Try3 said:

You can get lists of users in the command prompt with either of these commands

Code:

net user

Code:

WMIC.exe useraccount list full

- Its username might not be the expected one if you created the account as a local account and then converted it to be an MSAccount later on
- If you created it as an MSAccount from the start then its recorded username will normally be the first 5 characters of the email address {so the username of FredBloggs@Outlook.Com will be FredB}
- And you can use

Code:

net user UserName

{to get further details of users found using the net user command}

Perhaps one of the methods in the tutorial will clear out whatever remnants are getting in your way
Delete User Account - TenForumsTutorials

Denis

Thanks so much for your help