Windows 10: user account now has a .000 extension after lateset win 10 update

Discus and support user account now has a .000 extension after lateset win 10 update in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Alot of people are having this problem.Is there a fix for the new update?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by DaveWerth, Nov 2, 2019.

  1. DaveWerth Win User

    user account now has a .000 extension after lateset win 10 update


    Alot of people are having this problem.Is there a fix for the new update?

    :)
     
    DaveWerth, Nov 2, 2019
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  2. How to get original user 'name' back after Win 10 changed to 'name.000

    Some Win update (maybe KB4505903 & KB4508433) has changed my user name, into ‘name.000’. How can they do that??? They moved everything from my personal user directory ‘Name’ into a new user directory ‘Name.000’. Lost info and my Outlook 2013 won’t work & what to do with My Original Directory (I want it back)! Would uninstalling the updates above help anything??? Or do I move everything - will it happen again?

    Also, I've done many suggestions re loggin into a 'temporary account'. That is not the problem - I checked it up & down.

    Thank you for your help. *Sad
     
    happyheart, Nov 2, 2019
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  3. Vesao Win User
    Remove account


    I suggest you backup your personalized files first before removing the account.
    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:
      net user test /del
     
    Vesao, Nov 2, 2019
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  4. user account now has a .000 extension after lateset win 10 update

    Account folder moved to "Administrator.000"?

    Before the Anniversary Update (which I only installed recently), Win 10 Pro 64 had one main account (mine) :

    • Its name was Administrator (it was the built-in admin account)
    • Its full name was different (lets say it was "Full_Name")
    • This account had (obviously) Admin rights
    • Its Win 10 User folder was "C:\Users\Administrator"

    And I was very happy with this.

    Since applying the Anniversary update a few days ago, Win 10 has changed my User folder to "C:\Users\Administrator.000" and created a new/different "C:\Users\Administrator". I didn't noticed anything special at first since everything appeared fine (desktop icons etc appeared like normal, everything had been silently moved and set up). Privileges are still fine, etc.

    But browsing through the Users folder I noticed this change. It's not a big deal in and of itself but for the sake of cleanliness I would like to return the situation to normal, ie :

    • have my user account be the built-in Admin account again ; and thus also...
    • having my User folder be "C:\Users\Administrator" once again (with everything moved back and correctly detected/set in there) and not have this "Administrator.000" be my user account folder anymore

    How can I proceed ?
     
    Parker Lewis, Nov 2, 2019
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