Reusing old 2k account names

[junja]

Anyone know if one can restore an old user
name and account? My 2k snarled itself up
and I had to reinstal it afresh.

When creating a user, it didn't reuse the old
folders of the same name, though it left them on
the disk. It created new ones, appending:

- .<computer name> to the user account name
- ".WINNT" to the All Users account name

At the limit, that's bearable.

But in practice it's now inconsistent - using the
the startup menu in the new account but setting
%username% to the old name but %userprofile% to
the new one. And showing the old name in the
Users section of the Control Panel. All of which
makes maintenance a nightmare.

Is there any way of reverting to the old folders?

Presumably deleting a user account and starting
again is possible but it would mean reinstalling
everything in \Application Data into the new one ?

Though that's probably not an option for the All
Users account.

Any tips anyone? (I know I can reformat the disk
and start again, but I've wasted enough time
already.)

Don't you just love MacroMonsta ??
Junja

 

[Nodsu]

The folder for the userdata for a user is stored in the system registry. You can delete the old profile dir and rename the new one to its normal form, then change the registry entry.

The registry key is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Under this you have SID entries for all the users that have logged in to this system. Under every SID you have the ProfileImagePath value that points to the user's profile dir.

 

[junja]

Thanks Nodsu
I'll do that.
Junja

 

[junja]

Just for the record, I managed to alter the user name and account back to what it had been but not the All Users.WINNT - which 2k remaned back to All Users.WINNT straight afterwards.

Perhaps if I'd done this straight after reinstallation ..