Tips & Tricks: Accidentally Deleting Files When User is Deleted
April 27, 2007 by Milo Riano
Filed under Computers
This suggestion is a brute force approach, when a better way has been found out, it shall be posted here.
As an administrator you have the power to delete other user accounts. Upon deleting user accounts, you have the option to keep the files or delete the files. If for unfortunate events you accidentally chose deleting files, I suggest the following procedures provided you have administrative privileges.
1. Turn your PC off right away.
2. Turn PC on
3. Click explorer and type explorer (The user you deleted is gone but your files may still be there)
4. Type “C:\Users” on the address bar
5. Confirm that you would want to give permission
6. You can now see all your files and copy them in public folders or in your user id
Don’t panic, you may still be able to recover whatever files were not yet deleted.
