Windows 10 UnShared Folders

[SavorySilicon]

Hello there everyone. I would like to have 2 Microsoft Account based users on my Windows 10 PC. 1 Administrator, and 1 Standard user. I do not want the Standard user to see any of the Admin user's folders, their desktop, photos, and anything. I want them to each use the same applications. What is the best way to set this up? All of the people using this PC will be adults, so I am not seeking a child filter or family filter settings. Thanks for your help everyone!

 

[Neemobeer]

No changes would be required. Only a user has access to their user folder (for standard users). Administrators can access any folder if they need to.

 

[SavorySilicon]

I must have accidentally given the standard user permission to see the administrator's user folder. How do I reverse that without causing any problems. I have seen you on this site many times, you are a helpful and nice person. Why the dark portrait?

 

[WindowsPro]

I must have accidentally given the standard user permission to see the administrator's user folder. How do I reverse that without causing any problems. I have seen you on this site many times, you are a helpful and nice person. Why the dark portrait?

If you sign in as Administrator, open file explorer go to: c:\Users
Right click on the Administrators profilefolder, select: Properties
And Security... via Edit, you simply REMOVE the user... (If asked: Opt to remove from all subfolders..)

 

[SavorySilicon]

I logged in as Admin, went to C: drive > Users > <Admin name> > and followed your instructions.

"An error occured while apply security information to C:\users\...\appdata\local\application data.
Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied.

It gave me this error a huge number of times. When I tried to cancel, it told me canceling can cause inconsistant results. What went wrong?

 

[WindowsPro]

I logged in as Admin, went to C: drive > Users > <Admin name> > and followed your instructions.

"An error occured while apply security information to C:\users\...\appdata\local\application data.
Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied.

It gave me this error a huge number of times. When I tried to cancel, it told me canceling can cause inconsistant results. What went wrong?

Nothing went wrong! That is expected...

 

[SavorySilicon]

I wonder if an expert on this site knows why the above instructions resulted in errors.

 

[Neemobeer]

As an example your admin username is MyAdmin and the account your trying to remove is MyStandardUser.
[Opening an elevated command prompt]

• Click the Start button
• Type cmd
• Right click 'Command Prompt' and select 'run as administrator'

You can open an elevated command and run the following.
icacls C:\Users\MyAdmin /t /c /q /remove:g MyStandardUser