Windows 10: How can i create a new user on my computer but keep my data from my old user?

So i’ve been using my moms microsoft account on my computer for the last 5 years since she’s never had a computer, and i have a lot of files/data on there. Recently she’s been needing to use that same microsoft user on a new computer. My question is since it’s on the same User ID will all my data be on her computer once she logs in? If so is there a way to separate the data or transfer it to a different user?

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New user, old computer

Hi Rich,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

It depends, do you need to keep the account that user was logging in with and change the Microsoft account the user profile logs in with?

If you have created a new User account for the new person that will be using the PC, then log into the new user account, click the start Button, then just type netplwiz and press Enter, on the resulting utility, you can remove the old user account.

Please Note, all data associated to the old account will be deleted.

 

I removed my previous account, but now I want to create a new user with the same account , how can I make the data for the new user stays in the same folder as before?

Hello, I once removed my account on Windows 10, but later I wanted to use this same account again, so I created a new user with the same account by following these steps:

1. Go to Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other users.
   
2. Under Other users, select Add someone else to this PC.
   
3. Enter the user name and password for the account of the previous account.
   
4. Select Create account.
   

Let's say the username of the old account is username. I realized that there is a C:\Users\username folder on my computer, so I expected the new user data to be still in C:\Users\username, since they are from the same account. But instead, the data are stored in the newly created account is in C:\Users\username.DESKTOP-some-number, which is not what I want. How can I make sure the new data is in the old folder?

 

How to copy administrator user account

Hi,

I suggest you to follow the below steps to copy the user date and check if it helps.

Note: I suggest to create a new user profile and transfer user data to new account and delete or change the corrupt user profile.

Copy User Data: Follow the below steps to copy files to the new user profile

• Log on as a user other than the user whose profile you are copying files to or from.
• In Windows Explorer, click View, and Check mark hidden files and folders, uncheck the
  Hide protected operating system files check box, and then click
  OK.
• Locate the C:\Users\Old Username folder, where
  C is the drive on which Windows is installed, and Old Username is the name of the profile you want to copy user data from.
• Press and hold down the CTRL key while you click each file and subfolder in this folder, except the following files:
  

• 
  Ntuser.dat
  
• 
  Ntuser.dat.log
  
• 
  Ntuser.ini
  

• On the Edit menu, click
  Copy.
• Locate the C:\Users\New Username folder, where
  C is the drive on which Windows is installed, and New Username is the name of the user profile that you created in the "Create a New User Profile" section.
• On the Edit menu, click
  Paste.
• Log off the computer, and then log on as the new user.

Keep us informed if the issue is resolved. We are glad to help you further.