Windows 10: I accidentally deleted my user folder

Discus and support I accidentally deleted my user folder in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; im using win10 and i was trying to change my user folder name, and to move it in to my administrator account (no idea why i did that) , but it didnt... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by confo, Sep 18, 2020.

  1. confo Win User

    I accidentally deleted my user folder


    im using win10 and i was trying to change my user folder name, and to move it in to my administrator account (no idea why i did that) , but it didnt finished the transfer of the files, and when i tried to connect to my user , it was all empty , now i only have the empty folder in my administrator account , can someone help me how to restore the lost files ?

    :)
     
    confo, Sep 18, 2020
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  2. Damocles Win User

    Accidentally Deleted Some Folders

    Yesterday I was cleaning my PC and I accidentally deleted two folders (named "NVIDIA" and "NVIDIA Corporation") in C:\ProgramData. To my knowledge this two folders only contain non important stuff like logs, etc. Later on I have found out my Program Settings in NV Control panel were set to default. This is no big deal, but now I'm worrying I fu***d something up. Otherwise, everything works as it should --> no overheating, BSODs, games are working normally...

    I just want to know what I deleted. Were those two folders important???
     
    Damocles, Sep 18, 2020
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  3. Trouble deleting a folder

    Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

    *Confused I accidentally deleted my user folder :confused:

    Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well I accidentally deleted my user folder :eek:hwell:
     
    oli_ramsay, Sep 18, 2020
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  4. DRDNA Win User

    I accidentally deleted my user folder

    Accidentally Deleted Some Folders

    While Im not sure of how important they are, I think System restore would put them back and I see they are pretty darn big too 6.5mb and 2.5 GB on my just freshly imaged laptop .
     
    DRDNA, Sep 18, 2020
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