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The forum discussion addresses concerns about unfamiliar user accounts appearing in the C:\Users directory on Windows 10. The original poster wonders if these accounts are normal and seeks advice on whether they can be safely removed. The respondent explains that some accounts like "Administrator," "Guest," and "Default" are standard Windows system accounts, while others related to IIS and temporary profiles are normal depending on installed features, and some temporary profiles can be deleted. Overall, the thread reassures that the accounts are mostly normal, with some removable temporary profiles.
jPaulB

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Hi Everybody,

I have a basic question. This is probably all very normal, but as far as I can remember there are only three possible users on my compute .... "me", a "guest", and a mysterious "Administrator".

But, My "C:\User\" DIRECTORY shows a bunch of users I don't recognize, and although I would like to know how they got there, I would like to eliminate them if possible ... unless that would be a stupid idea:

C:\Users
Administrator
Default
Default.migrated
DefaultAppPool
DefaultAppPool.IIS AppPOOL
Guest
jPaulB <-That's me
Public
TEMP
TEMP.PAULDESKTOP
TEMP.PAULDESKTOP.000​

Is this a normal thing for Windows-10 to be doing?

Thanks,

Paul
 

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Neemobeer
Administrator and Guest are built-in accounts and should only be there if those accounts are enabled and have been logged into. Default, DfeaultAppPool are normal for Windows 10, Public is the 'All Users' directory and has existed since Vista. The TEMP profiles can be removed. The DefaultAppPool.IIS was probably added because you have either the full IIS or express version of IIS installed.
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Administrator and Guest are built-in accounts and should only be there if those accounts are enabled and have been logged into. Default, DfeaultAppPool are normal for Windows 10, Public is the 'All Users' directory and has existed since Vista. The TEMP profiles can be removed. The DefaultAppPool.IIS was probably added because you have either the full IIS or express version of IIS installed.
 

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Thank you, I appreciate your time to answer.

Paul
 

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