User Account confusions

PostmanPuzzled said:

I can save tutorials though I might as well save the links of the ones I need. I have hand written quite a few of the instructions you have directed me to anyway.

I also print tutorials & other web pages to pdf and I keep links to them so I can return to check if they have been updated.

Denis

PostmanPuzzled said:

Re: Excel - the only Excel .exe file I can find is in mjcx2LAPTOP_QUIMIR90. Can I transfer App Data content to another User ?

I can open and modify Excel Files I have on Toshiba so it is functioning ok where it is. It doesn`t show in FUNF.
It is part of the Office 2016 collection but Msoft have decided to push Office 365 Excel so I can only download from other sites.

I have looked up Excel in Tutorials but nothing relevant to my problem.

I do not understand what you are saying here.

1 I never expect to find any Excel files in AppData so I do not understand why you seem to link the two topics.
2 You can copy individual files from AppData to other user accounts.
3 If you want to transfer whole folders from AppData to another user account's AppData then I suggest you make a new system image beforehand.

4 "the only Excel .exe file I can find is in mjcx2LAPTOP_QUIMIR90"
- Where else were you expecting them?
- You do not, by default, have access to another user account's folders so files might be there but not reported in search results. You can give an Admin account access permission by browsing into the user's folders in File explorer.
- You should have access to all your backed up folders on your external drives so perhaps you could search there instead.

5 "It doesn`t show in FUNF" What does not show and where does it show & not show?

6 "so I can only download from other sites" I do not know what you are downloading so I do not understand this comment.

7 "nothing relevant to my problem" I do not understand what problem you are referring to.


All the best,
Denis

PostmanPuzzled said:

I can save tutorials though I might as well save the links of the ones I need.

You might prefer to browse through the Tutorial index - there's a shortcut to it at the top of every page.

- At the foot of the Tutorial index is a shortcut to download it as a spreadsheet.
- I download a new copy each month.
- By downloading it as a spreadsheet I can benefit from Excel's excellent filtering capabilities when I search for topics of interest.

- Tutorials are also listed by category at Tutorials - there's also a shortcut to that at the top of every page.
- Both tutorial lists are searchable.
- You can also search for TenForumsTutorials in many general search engines, such as Google, by adding site:tenforums.com/tutorials after your search term. For example,
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You can search TenForums using the search box in the top-right corner of all TenForums webpages or using Advanced Search - TenForums
- You can also search TenForums threads in many general search engines, such as Google, by adding site:tenforums.com after your search term. For example,
Search for drivers by HardwareID site:tenforums.com
- [This is what the search box in the top-right corner of TenForums webpages does automatically]


Denis

It is a good idea to clear out your user folder contents before making your system image. Leave in the main group of folders themselves though [C:\Users\%UserName%\Documents, C:\Users\%UserName%\Desktop, C:\Users\%UserName%\Music, …].

If I delete files from TEMP folders I can`t identify either from label. opening, path or properties is this risky? Could I be deleting files necessary to run the system?

You mean this?
C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Local\Temp

You clean that out indirectly by using Disk cleanup.
Open and Use Disk Cleanup - TenForumsTutorials
- It can take a while so don't watch it.

Denis

PostmanPuzzled said:

re TEMP Folders, I was talking about the remaining TEMP folders the system created when I could not access the User Account.
There were 15 of them. I have cleared and deleted the first 2 or 3 but I keep coming across files with names consisting just of letters and numbers. It is these I am nervous about deleting.

You mean folders within C:\Users\... created when you had been forced ono a temporary profile?

You can delete them.

Denis

About one of your new threads - I suggest you run the disk cleanup completely, allowing it to delete Windows.old. You already have a system image anyway.

PostmanPuzzled said:

I have started a new thread about the 3 ghost accounts which are still showing up not all in the same place. mjcx2; mjcxLAPTOP-QUIMIR90 and granny counter They don`t seem to affect FUNF and the other admin account I set up as a fail safe doesn`t have a User Profile as I have not used it yet. I have backups of the content off the LAPTOP.

Keep hold of your notes & links about Clean install. You might end up deciding to do it.

You have not filled in your system specs. Look at the top of the page for Quick links - click on that then select Update system specs.
- If you do not want to go into great detail then have a look at my bare outline entries - click on my My computer link to the left of each of my posts. Filling in the computer models can help those who are going to be trying to help you with those 'ghost' accounts.

Denis

PostmanPuzzled said:

Yes I do mean the Temp User accounts
They are not the ones DISM refers to as Temporary Internet Files are they ?
Can I wipe the 13 or so User Account ones without checking the data in them ? I wont inadvertently delete something important to the system will I ? Any important data from entries made by me recorded in them I would have backed up onto external hard drive. I am only concerned about files I can`t identify from their names.

You can delete the ones related to user accounts that have been deleted.

PostmanPuzzled said:

They are not the ones DISM refers to as Temporary Internet Files are they ?

I think you might mean Disk cleanup. No, Temporary internet files are different things.



Denis