Windows 10: Why is COMPMGNT.msc and Settings > Accounts mutually exclusive??!!

New install of Win 10 Pro 20H2 + all the updates.

I created a 2nd local account (let's call it "Fred") using the convoluted new UI:

Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other users > "Add someone else to this PC" > "I don't have this person's sign-in information" > "Add a user without a Microsoft account"...

It created the account ok.

Because I felt this process was ugly, I searched and many a helpful webpage suggested Win+R and COMPMGNT.msc (or LUSRMGR.msc).

I tried COMPMGNT and it was the much cleaner old way that I vaguely remember using. (Hooray!) I created a 2nd account ("Barney").

The thing is, the 2 systems seem mutually exclusive:

1) the Ugly New UI doesn't show the existence of "Barney"

2) the old cleaner COMPMGNT or LUSERMGR doesn't show "Fred"

I guess the startup screen favors the new UI because, after a reboot, I get presented the option at the bottom left to click on the newly created "Fred". But not "Barney".

And even after having successfully logged in as "Fred" and going through the "Hi"... configuration, the old cleaner UI still doesn't show "Fred" but "Barney" is still there.

What's going on?

Why isn't COMPMGNT or LUSERMGR able to create users that can login?

And why is an account created by COMPMGNT or LUSERMGR not visible or manageable by the ugly new UI?

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