Windows 10: Problem deleting and then recreating user account on Windows 11

Hi there,I've been struggling with trying to configure OneDrive for the same user jason across two different computers: a laptop MYLAPTOP and a desktop MYDESKTOP. At one point, I decided to delete the user's account jason on MYDESKTOP so that I could focus on getting everything properly synced between the cloud OneDrive and OneDrive on MYLAPTOP. I then recreated the user's account on MYDESKTOP and hoped that it would synch properly with OneDrive in the cloud. Everything seemed to work perfectly, except now I see that there are two different user folders on MYDESKTOP: C:\Users\jason and

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Deleting User Accounts

If you can access the admin account through safe mode then all you have to do to remove the other account passwords is go into User Accounts in the control panel and either delete the accounts or, I'm not sure, remove the account passwords.

 

Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown

 

Recreate or fix user account

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and your efforts towards resolving it. We will assist you to resolve this issue.

Since you have mentioned that you had already backed up the file on Drop box and Crashplan, I suggest you to access the respective backplan websites and try to retrieve the user files which are missing. Once you retrieve the files, I suggest you to follow
the steps below and check if it helps.

a. Log in to a new user profile which was created.

b. Open Documents folder.

c. Click on View, then Click on Options and then select Change Folder and search options.

1.Click
Show hidden files, folders, and drives.

2. Clear the
Hide protected operating system filescheck
box, click Yesto confirm, and
then click OK

3. Locate the C:\Users\Old_Username folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and Old_Username is the name of the profile you want to copy files from.

4. Select all of the files and folders in this folder, except the following files:

• • Ntuser.dat
  • Ntuser.dat.log
  • Ntuser.ini

5. Click the
Editmenu, and then click
Copy.
If you don't see the
Edit
menu, press Alt.

6. Locate the C:\Users\New_Username folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and New_Username is the name of the new user profile you created.

7. Click the
Editmenu, and then click
Paste.
If you don't see the
Editmenu, press Alt.

8. Log off, and then log back on as the new user.

9. If you have e-mail messages in an e-mail program, you must import your e-mail messages and addresses to the new user profile before you delete the old profile. If everything
is working properly, you can delete the old profile.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.