Windows 7 Windows Accounts Nightmare

[Woodroce]

I wanted to set up another account in my Windows 7 PC for my daughter so she could have her own desktop , bookmarks and everything. I somehow ended up with all my stuff going under her user name. All my settings are now associated with her and I am on a new account! I don't know how to go about fixing this. I don't want to lose all my stuff and settings that are now under her! I am terribly confused and need some help.


Anyone?

 

[Neemobeer]

That's interesting. Well lets check a couple things.

• What is your account name and the new account name?
• Verify your account still has full access to the C:\users\<username> directory
  • Right click the directory
  • Properties > Security
  • Advanced. (Should show your user, Full, "This folder, sub-folders and files")
• Verify you are logged in with the correct account
  • Open a command prompt
  • Type whoami /user also make note of the SID

If you are logged in correctly and have the proper permissions

• Open regedit.exe
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
• Click on the key with the same name as the SID you found
• On the right look at the ProfileImagePath property, if the value is the new account you created, change it to your directory C:\users\<username>
• Reboot