Music/pictures missing

[Guest Carl Davey]

When logging onto the laptop the welcome screen said administrator. When we

got into windows in user accounts we changed administrator to our name. Now

(even though it says our name with administrator under it when viewing user

accounts) all our music and picutures have gone missing. Can someone tell me

how to get them back?

[Guest Malke]

Re: Music/pictures missing

 

Carl Davey wrote:

> When logging onto the laptop the welcome screen said administrator. When

> we got into windows in user accounts we changed administrator to our name.

> Now (even though it says our name with administrator under it when viewing

> user accounts) all our music and picutures have gone missing. Can someone

> tell me how to get them back?

 

You apparently "changed" your name by creating a second user account with

Administrative privileges. This is A Good Thing. And you apparently have XP

Pro and were originally using the built-in Administrator account for your

daily work (not A Good Thing). If I've guessed wrong, then please post back

with the missing information about your system and how you did things.

 

You don't say where you are viewing the user accounts, but I'm guessing that

it is in the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. After you create a

second user account with Administrative privileges in XP Pro, the original

built-in Administrator account is hidden. This is by design.

 

1. Double-click on My Computer.

 

2. Double-click on your system drive, usually C:\.

 

3. Double-click on Documents and Settings. You should see at least two user

accounts, Administrator and your new one.

 

4. Now you want to have two windows on your screen - Documents and

Settings>Administrator and Documents and Settings>your-new-user-account so

select one of them and hold down Shift as you double-click on it.

 

5. In each window, navigate to the My Documents folder in each user account.

Then copy/paste your files like this:

 

To select multiple contiguous files, highlight the first file in the series

and then hold down the Shift key and highlight the last file in the series.

All your desired files will be highlighted. To select non-contiguous files,

hold down the Ctrl key as you select. Once you've selected files,

right-click anywhere in the selection and, holding down the right mouse

button, drag the files from the Administrator's My Documents to

Your-Username's My Documents. Release the right mouse button and left-click

on Copy. Note: you could choose "Move" from this context menu instead but

if there are a lot of files and they are large, I think it's safer to

choose "Copy" and then just delete the duplicates in the Administrator

account after the files are safely in their new location.

 

HTH,

 

Malke

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[Guest Carl Davey]

Re: Music/pictures missing

 

Everything below is correct, but every time I try to view the administrator

folder in Documents and Settings it says access denied. So I'm not sure what

to do next??

 

Carl

 

"Malke" wrote:

> Carl Davey wrote:

>

> > When logging onto the laptop the welcome screen said administrator. When

> > we got into windows in user accounts we changed administrator to our name.

> > Now (even though it says our name with administrator under it when viewing

> > user accounts) all our music and picutures have gone missing. Can someone

> > tell me how to get them back?

>

> You apparently "changed" your name by creating a second user account with

> Administrative privileges. This is A Good Thing. And you apparently have XP

> Pro and were originally using the built-in Administrator account for your

> daily work (not A Good Thing). If I've guessed wrong, then please post back

> with the missing information about your system and how you did things.

>

> You don't say where you are viewing the user accounts, but I'm guessing that

> it is in the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. After you create a

> second user account with Administrative privileges in XP Pro, the original

> built-in Administrator account is hidden. This is by design.

>

> 1. Double-click on My Computer.

>

> 2. Double-click on your system drive, usually C:\.

>

> 3. Double-click on Documents and Settings. You should see at least two user

> accounts, Administrator and your new one.

>

> 4. Now you want to have two windows on your screen - Documents and

> Settings>Administrator and Documents and Settings>your-new-user-account so

> select one of them and hold down Shift as you double-click on it.

>

> 5. In each window, navigate to the My Documents folder in each user account.

> Then copy/paste your files like this:

>

> To select multiple contiguous files, highlight the first file in the series

> and then hold down the Shift key and highlight the last file in the series.

> All your desired files will be highlighted. To select non-contiguous files,

> hold down the Ctrl key as you select. Once you've selected files,

> right-click anywhere in the selection and, holding down the right mouse

> button, drag the files from the Administrator's My Documents to

> Your-Username's My Documents. Release the right mouse button and left-click

> on Copy. Note: you could choose "Move" from this context menu instead but

> if there are a lot of files and they are large, I think it's safer to

> choose "Copy" and then just delete the duplicates in the Administrator

> account after the files are safely in their new location.

>

> HTH,

>

> Malke

> --

> MS-MVP

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> Don't Panic!

>

[Guest Carl Davey]

Re: Music/pictures missing

 

Will a system restore fix this?

 

"Carl Davey" wrote:

> Everything below is correct, but every time I try to view the administrator

> folder in Documents and Settings it says access denied. So I'm not sure what

> to do next??

>

> Carl

>

> "Malke" wrote:

>

> > Carl Davey wrote:

> >

> > > When logging onto the laptop the welcome screen said administrator. When

> > > we got into windows in user accounts we changed administrator to our name.

> > > Now (even though it says our name with administrator under it when viewing

> > > user accounts) all our music and picutures have gone missing. Can someone

> > > tell me how to get them back?

> >

> > You apparently "changed" your name by creating a second user account with

> > Administrative privileges. This is A Good Thing. And you apparently have XP

> > Pro and were originally using the built-in Administrator account for your

> > daily work (not A Good Thing). If I've guessed wrong, then please post back

> > with the missing information about your system and how you did things.

> >

> > You don't say where you are viewing the user accounts, but I'm guessing that

> > it is in the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. After you create a

> > second user account with Administrative privileges in XP Pro, the original

> > built-in Administrator account is hidden. This is by design.

> >

> > 1. Double-click on My Computer.

> >

> > 2. Double-click on your system drive, usually C:\.

> >

> > 3. Double-click on Documents and Settings. You should see at least two user

> > accounts, Administrator and your new one.

> >

> > 4. Now you want to have two windows on your screen - Documents and

> > Settings>Administrator and Documents and Settings>your-new-user-account so

> > select one of them and hold down Shift as you double-click on it.

> >

> > 5. In each window, navigate to the My Documents folder in each user account.

> > Then copy/paste your files like this:

> >

> > To select multiple contiguous files, highlight the first file in the series

> > and then hold down the Shift key and highlight the last file in the series.

> > All your desired files will be highlighted. To select non-contiguous files,

> > hold down the Ctrl key as you select. Once you've selected files,

> > right-click anywhere in the selection and, holding down the right mouse

> > button, drag the files from the Administrator's My Documents to

> > Your-Username's My Documents. Release the right mouse button and left-click

> > on Copy. Note: you could choose "Move" from this context menu instead but

> > if there are a lot of files and they are large, I think it's safer to

> > choose "Copy" and then just delete the duplicates in the Administrator

> > account after the files are safely in their new location.

> >

> > HTH,

> >

> > Malke

> > --

> > MS-MVP

> > Elephant Boy Computers

> > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> > Don't Panic!

> >

[Guest Malke]

Re: Music/pictures missing

 

Carl Davey wrote:

> Everything below is correct, but every time I try to view the

> administrator folder in Documents and Settings it says access denied. So

> I'm not sure what to do next??

 

Did you make the files private?

 

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm - Ramesh - How to undo "Make this

folder private" option"

 

Are you working from a user account with administrative privileges? If not,

create one that is a "Computer Administrator".

 

If you did not make your files private and you are working from an account

with administrative privileges, then take ownership of the files.

 

Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421] -

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

 

How Do I Get the Security tab in Folder Properties? -

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_security_tab.htm

 

No, a System Restore will not help.

 

If you have further questions, please include the missing information about

your system, your version of Windows, what you did, etc. as mentioned in my

first reply to you. I really can't help you any further without knowing

these things.

 

Malke

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