Windows 10: Work or School Users in Windows 10 and restoring User files

Hi.
I had a problem when I tried to access Safe mode and forgot the user password. Tried everything until I got a Password reset program which allowed to get access to the Administrator account and was able to get the machine to boot with the safe mode problem.

Now the machine is running with the Administrator as the user but the original user that I set up as work / school user [with Administrator rights] shows up in the settings as

AzureAD/username

Administrator


Since I could not access my files [as I normally would, - [I am copying the files out to another location on a different drive for safety] - I am trying to figure out how I could return the original user to be the user I worked everyday. I tried creating a new local user and I can't even get in as that user.


Has anyone run into this and if you found a resolution could you please let me know how to fix. The next step is to stick in a new drive and reinstall Windows 10 Pro.


Hopefully someone will help which would be appreciated.


Thanks


RFA

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Current active users that are friends

The other reason I suggested this is that users can add characters to their username that are not alphanumeric (e.g. user*). This confuses things somewhat when looking at the list.

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

 

Removing a "hidden" user and user files

Thanks for your patience. I was able with "Net User" to remove the left over user. It no longer appears when I invoke Net User.

Now for the user's folder which remains behind. After performing the series of steps that you suggested, I attempted to delete this folder. The result again was an error message about permission


"Administrators" appears on the list in the list of advanced security.