Windows 10: How to stop other user account to access my document

Discus and support How to stop other user account to access my document in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I am using Window Home version, I am using my user 1 login as Administrator, user 2 is only user, how can I stop user 2 access my files? At this... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Anita Lau第三類接觸 - Yahoo, Oct 8, 2019.

  1. How to stop other user account to access my document


    I am using Window Home version, I am using my user 1 login as Administrator, user 2 is only user, how can I stop user 2 access my files? At this moment C drive is for system, D drive is for my document.


    Although the login is different, user 2 still can access my files now.


    Please advise.

    :)
     
    Anita Lau第三類接觸 - Yahoo, Oct 8, 2019
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  2. sam9 Win User

    How to stop Local account having access to Administrator documents.


    I had only one user that was having Administrator Rights without password. I made one more user and gave him Administrator rights with password. Now I made my earlier Administrator account as a Local Account. But this local account is able to view Administrator account documents and desktop. How to stop Local account having access to Administrator documents.
     
    sam9, Oct 8, 2019
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  3. Kari Win User
    Local Acct user and MS account user - sync them or merge them


    If the local account is the one where you have most of your personal data, this is how I would do it:

    • Sign in to your Microsoft account
    • Copy all documents, pictures and other personal data from Microsoft account's user folders to corresponding folders in user Public (contents of MS account Documents folder to Public Documents folder and so on)
    • Sign out from Microsoft account
    Notice that above steps are only required if Microsoft account user folders contain data you want to keep. If its user folders are empty or do not contain anything worth saving, you can skip the above steps. Continue from below.

    • Sign in to the local account
    • Delete the Microsoft account (Option One in this tutorial)
    • Switch your local account to a Microsoft account (tutorial)
    • Copy the data backed up from old Microsoft account to Public folders to new Microsoft account in corresponding folders

    That's it. Using the Public folders as temporary storage you will have none whatsoever file owner / permission issues later on.
     
    Kari, Oct 8, 2019
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  4. How to stop other user account to access my document

    Prooblems accessing documents

    Hi Jilly,

    Generally, the Documents folder found under Quick access is the Documents folder built-in to Windows, and not the Documents folder in OneDrive. Since you mentioned that both This PC and OneDrive are giving you the "Location is not available." message,
    do you mean to say that both Documents folders are missing from Quick access?

    Based on the screenshot that you've provided, you are accessing your Documents through This PC, instead of Quick access. Have you tried pinning the Documents folder from This PC to Quick access? If not, we suggest that you do. This way, you won't need to
    go through several folders to reach your files.

    Here's how:

    • Access the contents of of the user account that you're using, in your case, it's the
      jilly folder from This PC > OS (CHow to stop other user account to access my document :) >
      Users > jilly.
    • Right-click on Documents, and then select Pin to Quick access.

    Regarding the OneDrive folder, we suggest restoring the Documents folder from the OneDrive recycle bin so we can avoid further errors. You may refer to this
    support article for steps on how to restore deleted files and folders
    in OneDrive.

    Is your OneDrive synced to your Windows 10 PC? If so, you can try to restore the Documents folder from
    http://onedrive.live.com. Steps on how to restore deleted files and folders can be found in this
    support article under the
    Restore deleted items section.

    Let us know how it turns out.
     
    Patricia Yu, Oct 8, 2019
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