Windows 10: DefaultUser keeps being created every time I log in to Windows

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defaultuser() folder - is that normal?

defaultuser() is not the same defaultuser0 though. That is the number 0 not open-close brackets. In the link above the question was about defaultuser0 (as far as my eyes can read the screen prints anyway) and the reply was about defaultuser()

defaultuser0 actually is a user - you can see it in the registry with a SID, you can see it with net user and so on. For some people it is created on clean install and they can't even log on as Windows demands the password and there isn't one. For me it was created on clean install (but I could still create my initial user) so like @shimshom I deleted it but from net user and the registry also - not just deleting the directory in C:\Users.

Is defaultuser() just a folder in C:\Users i.e. a different issue?

 

defaultuser() folder - is that normal?

The OP's question was and is about defaultuser() (word defaultuser followed by brackets, not digit 0):

There exists no such thing than defaultuser0 account in Windows. I recommend using a screen zoom tool to see how this unnecessary, harmless, risk free to delete user account's name is written.

 

Help, cant create windows image

Hello there, @fullinfusion!

It seems like some sort of an OS confusion has happened with your secondary WD Black and I'm sorry to hear about that. *Frown
Maybe re-formatting it would help indeed as the community already mentioned. I'd suggest to take a look at this step-by-step how to partition and format an HDD: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=PYCoid
Keep in mind that this will wipe clean the drive, so you should backup all important data from the drive somewhere else.
I noticed from the screenshots that your HDD appears as Disk 0, this means that it's plugged in the primary SATA port where the SSD (as an OS drive) should be. Actually it is possible that because of this Windows cannot create the image there. Swap the ports of the SSD and the HDD, this might help as well.

Keep me posted. Hope this helped! *Smile
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