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by cmiyoshi

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Windows XP and it seems it has made another identity for my user but my e-mail is gone and everythign on my desktop, as well as all my favorites. I searched and found two valued users, the new one has numbers after it. I need to figure out how to fix the problem and recover all my stuff. Also I need to know how do I view hidden files?

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by sgt_shultz

nice sleuthing out the users.
the one with numbers after it is probably the one you are logged is as now. wonder if your old profile became corrupt or it somehow you simply got a new one started. either is probable but i'm betting the latter.
so can you simply pick Start/Logout

by p.j.hutchison

It looks as if your old profile has got corrupted and Windows XP has created a new profile for you.
You need to gain ownership of the old profile in C:\documents and settings and import the desktop shortcuts and files from old profile to your new one.

by dkzgambo

if you right click on My Computer icon, Properties - Advanced tab- under User profiles- Settings you will view all the users of your computer and you have options of copying or deleting a profile. You can also access the control panel to add or remove a user.

look for your old profiles there or copy the existing ones.

by cmiyoshi

Thank you all for your help. PC crashed and had to start over but thank you again.

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