I'm running XP on my home computer. There are 2 administrator accounts (A and B) and a guest account set up. A couple weeks ago my account (administrator A) became corrupt. Every time I'd sign on, the computer would lock up. I signed into the administrator B account, deleted administrator A, and recreated a new administrator A. In the explorer, I can now see the folders for A, A.000, and B. My problem is that I have one document that was saved under the old administrator A's personal douments which I need to retrieve. Whenever I try to access that folder from the new administrator A's sign on, I get an access denied message. Is there any way for me to retrieve the document? Thanks for your help.
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Document Retrieval in XP Home of Corrupt User
- Thread starter skuhlman
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have you tried accessing the folder via the command line as opposed to windows explorer? if not that, maybe through safe mode? if not that, made through recovery console? not sure if any of those will work, but something to try at any rate. also, have you tried with your b account as opposed to the newly recreated a?
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