Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one
user before so it was all completely new to me.
On 11 Sep 2024 at 19:56:42 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one >>user before so it was all completely new to me.
Yes. As do other OSes. The user name is a unique key, so you can't
change it without a lot of extra fannying around manually renaming
folders and/or re-ownershipping files.
Deleting Documents etc I'm pretty sure is an optional event, ie it asks >first? I've not deleted a user in Windows for a long time though.
On 12/09/2024 in message <lkha1gFa87tU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 11 Sep 2024 at 19:56:42 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one >>> user before so it was all completely new to me.
Yes. As do other OSes. The user name is a unique key, so you can't
change it without a lot of extra fannying around manually renaming
folders and/or re-ownershipping files.
Deleting Documents etc I'm pretty sure is an optional event, ie it asks
first? I've not deleted a user in Windows for a long time though.
It did ask and I said save them (there ere only a few files on Downloads) which it did.
What concerned me was it was also "My Documents" for my new user name and
it just ignored that and deleted all the directories!
On 13 Sep 2024 at 08:23:18 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
On 12/09/2024 in message <lkha1gFa87tU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie >>Vandenbergh wrote:
On 11 Sep 2024 at 19:56:42 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> >>>wrote:
Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one >>>>user before so it was all completely new to me.
Yes. As do other OSes. The user name is a unique key, so you can't
change it without a lot of extra fannying around manually renaming >>>folders and/or re-ownershipping files.
Deleting Documents etc I'm pretty sure is an optional event, ie it asks >>>first? I've not deleted a user in Windows for a long time though.
It did ask and I said save them (there ere only a few files on Downloads) >>which it did.
What concerned me was it was also "My Documents" for my new user name and >>it just ignored that and deleted all the directories!
I don't know what that's about; not sure how you can even make a new
user on a different name use an existing user's folders....
On 13/09/2024 in message <lkin8cFgm8dU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Sep 2024 at 08:23:18 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
wrote:
On 12/09/2024 in message <lkha1gFa87tU1@mid.individual.net> Jaimie
Vandenbergh wrote:
On 11 Sep 2024 at 19:56:42 BST, ""Jeff Gaines"" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> >>>> wrote:
Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one >>>>> user before so it was all completely new to me.
Yes. As do other OSes. The user name is a unique key, so you can't
change it without a lot of extra fannying around manually renaming
folders and/or re-ownershipping files.
Deleting Documents etc I'm pretty sure is an optional event, ie it asks >>>> first? I've not deleted a user in Windows for a long time though.
It did ask and I said save them (there ere only a few files on Downloads) >>> which it did.
What concerned me was it was also "My Documents" for my new user name and >>> it just ignored that and deleted all the directories!
I don't know what that's about; not sure how you can even make a new
user on a different name use an existing user's folders....
It's on the D: drive but was set up "officially" by right clicking on the original directory and changing location. Perhaps it's data protection, Windows can't release the existence of users to each other :-)
I don't know what that's about; not sure how you can even make a new
user on a different name use an existing user's folders....
Cheers - Jaimie
by changing the permissions in the security tab of the properties for
the existing folder ?
I don't know what that's about; not sure how you can even make a new
user on a different name use an existing user's folders....
Cheers - Jaimie
I decided to put Windows 8.1 on my Asus Z170K, it used to run it so I knew
it would be OK.
First problem with Ventoy in that it would only boot in UEFI mode, I think that's a problem with the ASUS in giving UEFI priority, so I had to use
my MBR only thumbdrive.
Big problem though was a silly mistake, I spelt my user name wrong because
my keyboard bounces and I didn't notice until after I had installed everything and it had updated itself several times and RDP failed with
wrong user name.
I spent a while trying to fix it, in the end added a user with the proper name and deleted the wrong user whereupon Windows deleted "My Documents"
and all the sub folders oblivious to the fact that my new/proper user used the same directories. Also had to re-enter 3 x app product keys because it seems they are licensed per user and not per PC which was news to me.
Anyway in the end I thought sod it and started again with a re-format and re-install.
Is this really how Windows works? I've never had a PC with more than one
user before so it was all completely new to me.
So when Windows calls me "Philip" on one system and "Phil_000" on
another, the links break. What I do is create a hard link with the name I consider the 'canonical' one pointing to the corresponding folder on the current system - a "junction", made with mklink -J. That means on one system there is a junction named "Philip" which points to "Phil_000" and my links work
again.
Oddly, Windows doesn't always name the folder the same way when you log on >with
an MS Account (which would always be the same, of course). I use OneNote >(indispensible) a lot, and I tend to create links to folders and files
within
my notes. So when Windows calls me "Philip" on one system and "Phil_000"
on
another, the links break. What I do is create a hard link with the name I >consider the 'canonical' one pointing to the corresponding folder on the >current system - a "junction", made with mklink -J. That means on one
system
there is a junction named "Philip" which points to "Phil_000" and my links >work
again. Note that you can delete either (but not both) hard links and the >hierarchy remains. This might conceivably have been a solution to your >problem
(after solving a raft of permissions issues) but in general if you bend the >Windows way of doing things it'll spring back and hit you in the eye.
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