Vista - [HELP] Deleted user account

helloppl · 2 Weeks Ago

I have accidently deleted my user account off my laptop (vista home premium 32bit) but my files are still there in the user section of my hard drive. Can i recover it? If so how? I have only recently deleted it and I have another account with administrator privledges on it. Thanks in advance for your help.

**Brink** · 2 Weeks Ago

Hello, and welcome to Vista Forums.

Yes, you may still be able to restore it. Try this below to restore it:

Create a new administrator account
Copy the contents of the deleted account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders. This copy all of the deleted account's settings and shortcuts into the new account.
If everything checks out ok, you can delete the deleted account's C:\Users\(user-name) folder.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

helloppl · 2 Weeks Ago

Thanks for the help, I will try that but I was wondering if there was a way to recover the actual account itself (the one that you log into) rather than creating a new one and copying the files. Also do the settings copy over when the files are copied? Will it get things like my desktop background and programs that I blocked at startup and other little things like that?

**Brink** · 2 Weeks Ago

If you copy all of the contents in each folder in the second step, then it should. There may be a few minor things that may not be there though. You're basically converting the new account to be like the old account since the old account cannot be restored.

helloppl · 2 Weeks Ago

Ok thanks for the help

**Brink** · 2 Weeks Ago

You're welcome.

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helloppl Vista Home Premium 32bit 3 posts	[HELP] Deleted user account I have accidently deleted my user account off my laptop (vista home premium 32bit) but my files are still there in the user section of my hard drive. Can i recover it? If so how? I have only recently deleted it and I have another account with administrator privledges on it. Thanks in advance for your help. Last edited by helloppl; 2 Weeks Ago at 01:08 AM..
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Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: [HELP] Deleted user account Hello, and welcome to Vista Forums. Yes, you may still be able to restore it. Try this below to restore it: Create a new administrator account Copy the contents of the deleted account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders into the corresponding new account's C:\Users\(user-name) folders. This copy all of the deleted account's settings and shortcuts into the new account. If everything checks out ok, you can delete the deleted account's C:\Users\(user-name) folder. Hope this helps, Shawn
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2 Weeks Ago	#3 (permalink)
helloppl Vista Home Premium 32bit 3 posts	Re: [HELP] Deleted user account Thanks for the help, I will try that but I was wondering if there was a way to recover the actual account itself (the one that you log into) rather than creating a new one and copying the files. Also do the settings copy over when the files are copied? Will it get things like my desktop background and programs that I blocked at startup and other little things like that?
My System Specs

2 Weeks Ago	#4 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: [HELP] Deleted user account If you copy all of the contents in each folder in the second step, then it should. There may be a few minor things that may not be there though. You're basically converting the new account to be like the old account since the old account cannot be restored.
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2 Weeks Ago	#5 (permalink)
helloppl Vista Home Premium 32bit 3 posts	Re: [HELP] Deleted user account Ok thanks for the help
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2 Weeks Ago	#6 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,981 posts	Re: [HELP] Deleted user account You're welcome.
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