Windows 10: Windows 10 user created at install conflicts with files moved from previous computer

New dell xps 8930. Opened it and signed in and found that the MS store had initialized the computer with username first 5 characters of my email. Then did a PC mover from previous computer where my user account, data programs were under another user account. These are what I want to keep. How to get rid of the unwanted user directory or combine with my desired one? The accounts do not show the MS created user as an user account that I could eliminate.

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User File Ownership Conflicts

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

Before we proceed, we require more information to assist you better.

• Are you able to login to your user account?
• Are you able to access your files?
• Are you getting any error message, while accessing the file?

I would like to inform you that upgrading to Windows 10 doesn’t change anything on the computer or to the user accounts on the computer. I suggest to change the permission of the files and check.

You may refer the following Microsoft help link to give permission to a file.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2623670#method21

Note: The steps provided in the link shall work on Windows 10 as well.

Hope this information helps. If you have any queries, let us know. Will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Move Users Folder Location in Windows 10  

No, it should be the install.wim file and that's the cause for your issue.

If you create the Windows 10 install media as USB Flash drive in Media Creation Tool, the compressed and encrypted ESD file is used instead of the WIM file. You need to have an install media with the WIM file instead; easiest way to get it is to use the Media Creation Tool again, this time selecting the ISO image option. The ISO image created with the tool uses the WIM file. For Media Creation Tool, see tutorial: Windows 10 ISO Download - Windows 10 Forums

Step 1, select Create installation media for another PC:




Step 2, select your language, edition and bit version. Be sure to select the same bit version as you are installing; you cannot use a 32 bit install.wim in sysprepping a 64 bit Windows and vice versa:




Step 3, select ISO file and let it be created. There's no need to burn the ISO to disk or flash drive if you already have an install media to use, the ISO will only needed when sysprepping :




When you have the ISO, do like this:

• Install Windows 10 clean, boot to Audit Mode, create the answer file (this tutorial, Method One Steps 1 & 2)
  
• Before sysprepping (Method One, Step 3), mount the ISO file as virtual DVD drive by double clicking it. Check the drive letter given for it by Windows, let's say the virtual drive gets letter F > use this CPI source in answer file: Code:
  
  Code:

  cpi:source="wim:F:\sources\install.wim#Windows 10 PRO"

• Sysprep as told in tutorial

Should work now.

 

Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?