Windows 10: User accounts and users are different

Discus and support User accounts and users are different in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; Hi I have two accounts on my laptop: Bryan as admin and James as my local account which I use for my daily workings. All my work is save to a... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Abstemious, Dec 31, 2015.

  1. ABSTEMIOUS
    Abstemious Win User

    User accounts and users are different


    Hi
    I have two accounts on my laptop: Bryan as admin and James as my local account which I use for my daily workings.
    All my work is save to a different partition on the hard drive.

    I now notice that if I go to C:\users, I have my admin account but there are two other user accounts James and James.lenovo15.

    Originally I found James and James-2 user accounts so I moved the James-2 folders and files to my work partition (just so I didn't lose the info before deleting it). When I signed in again, I could only sign in as a "guest" using the James-2 password.

    I have now spent a coupe of days deleting the user account under the User Accounts setting. Then deleting the James account in the only place it appears (C:\Users); and creating a new Local User account in the user accounts (using Bryan admin). However, I find that in C drive I still have two James users - James and James.lenovo15.

    I think that when I just deleted the James account in C:\Users it must have left some residual elements somewhere and it recreated itself and the new local account which I names simply James was forced to add to the name .Lenovo15 to prevent conflicts.

    Although I doesn't affect the running of the computer, having both users takes up considerable space. James user 4.7 gbs while the new James.lenovo15 has 1.7 gb.

    Has anyone any idea how to resolve the matter?

    :)
     
    Abstemious, Dec 31, 2015
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  2. BILLION DEBBARMA
    Billion Debbarma Win User

    Different user accounts, different not working apps.

    Hi,



    Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting your query.

    Sorry for the inconvenience cause to you. I will be glad to help you with this.



    I appreciate your time and effort trying to fix the issue. Let’s try simple steps and check if this helps in resolving the issue.

    Method 1.

    For the issue with admin, I would suggest you to create a new user account and check if this helps. Visit the below link.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/create-user-account#create-user-account=windows-10



    Method 2.

    For the issue with start menu and search bar, go to the below link and try the suggestion provided by M. Hamer

    Troubleshoot problems opening the Start menu or Cortana



    Hope this helps. If you need further assistance with Windows, let us know and will be glad to help.
     
    Billion Debbarma, Dec 31, 2015
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  3. BONNIEYAZZIE
    BonnieYazzie Win User
    Different user accounts, different not working apps.

    I have Windows 10 pro 1511

    The admin account can not open the calendar, weather, mail, store, xbox...etc apps. The windows start and search are working fine.

    The user1 account has a non functioning windows start and search button. The store app, which was pinned to the task bar, works fine.

    The problem began after I downloaded an AoE game, under the user1 account. I am waiting for a response from the developers of the AoE game.

    I have tried the app troubleshooter (could not find a problem). I also tried resetting the windows store, but I was given a purge error of some sort. These options did not fix the problem.

    I have tried the sfc method which found no problems.

    I have tried the clean boot following the instructions for windows 8/8.1 and windows vista/7. The problem is after I hit the restart button and computer starts with everything remaining on. Non of the disable commands worked on the service side. The Startup
    stuff remained disabled though. This option did not fix the problem.

    I have also tried to use a system restore point, but was unsuccessful. It ran into a problem and requested a new restore point. I had no new restore points.

    I am looking to see if anyone can assist me. I'm thinking about resetting my PC, but got spooked by the wording. Apparently it requires a re-loading of windows.
     
    BonnieYazzie, Dec 31, 2015
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