Hello Kev, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Yes, once you delete the old user account from User Accounts, you can safely delete it from C:\Users\(user name).

User Account - Delete

The only way to rename the C:\Users\(user name) folder is to create a new user account with a different name than the old one. If you want the same name as the old one, then it will require to create one dummy one to be able to work in, delete the old one, create another new one with the name you wanted, then delete the dummy one.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Kev,

You can just delete the C:\Users\(old user name) folder from within your new account when your ready to since it has already been deleted from User Accounts in the Control Panel.

Hello Brink,
When a User account is deleted , What goes with it?
Are any file folders deleted? or is it just the passsward and setup info that exits?

I wish to do this as I have no need for a 2nd user account that came over when I ported from XP to Vista ( that was a pain , but I digress).

That is, is deleting a User a 'forgiving' action? I see file folders under the user name. I assume these folders would be deleted?

please advise when you have a moment.

regards,

Hello Frank,

When deleting the user account as described in this tutorial, it will delete that user account completely from the computer along with it's C:\Users\(user name) folders and content.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Frank,

That may be best if your not confortable doing it.

When deleting a user account the programs will not be uninstalled though. As long as you have another administrator account to log on to afterwards and to delete the other account with, you should be fine.