deleting user's account and FILES

Question

As soon as I got my new XPS 720 running Vista premium ed, I fooled by creating an account for my kid, changed my mind, deleted it and then changed my mind another time, recreated it and then I am stucked with that user's files on the C:users on my system.   I can not see anyway to delete that set of files on my C: drive, Windows keeps on telling me that it is already in use by some mysterious function (no other session is running and no other programs).   So how can I delete that username.computername  account on c:users??   Thanx! ...only fools do not change their minds!

dunedin · Answer

Right click Computer, select Properties   Select Advanced Settings, Select Settings under User Profiles. Select the User and press Delete.

Ctrl Alt Del · Answer

The system won't let me as the old username's account appear as 'unknown' and the delete option is unavailable (ghosted out).   I want to delete the traces left out on c:users by the deleted users account;   as a practical example: after I created Sam' account, deleted it, re-created it, and then once again, i am stucked on my c: drive under the users folder with: Sam Sam.mycomputer Sam.mycomputer.000 and only this one is the legit functionning folder and I cannot delete the first 2...     MyA

dunedin · Answer

Maybe the problem is in the name. They are all "Sam" in some form

Try the suggestions here including renaming the old Accounts before trying to delete them.

http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2006/12/11/user-accounts-in-vista-part-iv/

If that does not work I don`t know what else to suggest

jmwills · Answer

Renaming the Account and rebooting should do the trick.  If not, run NewSid.

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deleting user's account and FILES

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