Guest Hessie Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what would happen if I just deleted all the others?
Guest Nepatsfan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: General Question "Hessie" <Hessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F8F1F4A7-9BEF-4526-B723-27AC782F002D@microsoft.com... > Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All > Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only > subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one > called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what > would happen if I just deleted all the others? The other folders exist because Windows XP is a multi-user operating system. Deleting those folders wouldn't be a good idea. Since you've already found out that your user profile is stored in the HP-Administrator folder, let's move on to the others. 1. The Default User folder is used as a template in case you wish to create a new user account. 2. The All Users folder is used to store files and settings that can be accessed by each user account. The Shared Documents folder you see displayed in My Computer actually resides in the All Users folder. Start menu items and Desktop icons that are available to every account are stored in this folder. 3. The Administrator folder contains the profile of the built-in Administrator account. Every Windows XP computer has this account. It's hidden, but can be used in emergencies. It's only available in Safe Mode on a computer running XP Home Edition. While this account can be disabled, it cannot be deleted. Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest sgopus Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 RE: General Question A general rule of thumb! if you don't understand throughly what the various folder are for, leave them alone. you can cause big problems, by messing around. also since it appears your knowledge is lacking, I suggest you do some research immediately on making a COMPLETE OS backup, by using Acronis True Image and store it in a safe place. "Hessie" wrote: > Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All > Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only > subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one > called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what > would happen if I just deleted all the others?
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