Windows 10: Transfer all data and settings over to "Main User" account

Hello,I've had this PC now for about a year. It has 2 accounts on it. Mine, and one called "Main User". And honestly, I'm not sure why I set it up this way. About 6 months ago, strange pop ups started occurring when I sign into my account on my PC. The pop up says that a program 3D Connexion in not working properly. I also cannot update my DaVinci Resolve program because of some reason I can't remember at this time. I noticed that all these things work properly in the Main User account. If I could repair the issues, I would be OK with the way it is, but I can't seem to resolve what th

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transferring data between user accounts

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to transferring user data from one user account to another user account. Kindly follow the steps mentioned below to transfer the data.

1. Login to the new administrator account.
   
2. Press Windows + E keys to open
   File Explorer.
   
3. Now click on View tab and check the box
   Hidden items.
   
4. Navigate to the location C:\Users\Old_Username, 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.
   
5. Copy all of the files and folders in this folder, except the following files:
   
   Ntuser.data
   
   Ntuser.dat.log
   
   Ntuser.ini
   
6. Now go to C:\Users\New_Username and
   Paste all the files that you have copied.
   

Once you transfer the user account data you can delete the user account that is not required.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Transferring an account on Windows 10 (EDITED)

Hi,

As you are facing issue with transferring an account on windows 10, I would surely help you with it.

But I would like to know the below information,

• 
  Entire account: are you referring to a Microsoft account or a local user account?
  

If it is a Microsoft user account the same settings will synchronize to the new user account.

Steps to transfer the files to the new admin user account.

• 
  Open file explorer and double click on OS (C .
  
• 
  Go to Users and try transferring all the data’s/ files to the new user account.
  

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Lost User Account

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query at Microsoft community.

If you have the Windows 10 installation DVD, I would suggest you to enable the default administrator and then try creating a new user account with administrative privileges.

Boot the computer into Safe mode then, open Command Prompt and enable Built in Administrator.

Follow the below steps to enable Built in Administrator:

• Open Command Prompt from Windows Recovery Environment.
• Copy and paste the below command and press Enter.

net user administrator /active:yes

3. Close the Command Prompt.

4. Try to login though Built in Administrator and create a new user account with Administrator rights.

To start the computer in safe mode. Type Settings in the search tab> under Recovery> Advanced Options>Restart Now>Troubleshoot>Advanced Options>Startup Settings>Restart>select 4

After that you may follow the steps to transfer the data as suggested in the previous post. Please do not forget to disable the default account once you are done troubleshooting. Just follow the same stepsnet user
administrator /active:no





Please let us know if it helps or if you need further assistance. We will be glad to help.