Windows 10: Some of your accounts require attention: old work account

Hello,


I receiving notifications by Windows 10 saying that there are issues with my account which need to be resolved. When a click on the notification it takes me to "Shared experiences" and under the "Accounts" heading there is a notification in red saying that "Some of your accounts require attention". Under this there is a "Fix Now" button but when I click on this it requests my password for an old work account which is no no longer active, therefore I cannot logon.


Also I have tried the "Manage my accounts" and the old work account is listed. However, the only option I have is to "Manage" the account and when clicking on this it again request my password. So I effectively have no way to remove this account and stop the annoying messages from popping up.


Is the formal Microsoft solution for this, or even a work around?


Kind Regards,

Shane

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To delete an account, follow these steps:

1. Press WIN + X keys and click Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
2. Type the following command and press Enter. Replace test with the name of your sister's account. Code:
   
   Code:

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