Open your User folder by selecting Start , typing file explorer into the Search box, and selecting File Explorer in the list of results. Select This PC , then select the hard drive that Windows is installed on it's usually your C: drive , then the Users folder, then the folder with the name of your account. Warning: Do not change File Explorer view options to show hidden files and folders or show hidden protected operating system files.
Select all of the files and folders in this folder, then select the Edit menu and select Copy. If you have email messages in an email program, you must import your email messages and addresses to the new user profile separately.
Open Microsoft Management Console by clicking the Start button , typing mmc into the search box, and then pressing Enter. Click Local Users and Groups , and then click Add. Click Local computer , click Finish , and then click OK. Click the Action menu, and then click New User. Type the appropriate information in the dialog box, and then click Create.
Click Manage another account. Type the name you want to give the user account, click an account type, and then click Create Account. After you create the profile, you can copy the files from the existing profile. You must have at least three user accounts on the computer to complete these steps, including the new account you just created. Log on as a user other than the new user you just created or the user that you want to copy files from.
Open the My Documents folder by clicking the Start button , and then clicking Computer. Double-click the hard disk drive that Windows is installed on it's usually your C: drive , double-click Users, double-click the folder with the name of your account, and then double-click My Documents. Click the Tools menu, and then click Folder Options.
If you don't see the Tools menu, press Alt. Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files, folders, and drives. Clear the Hide protected operating system files check box, click Yes to confirm, and then click OK. Click the Edit menu, and then click Copy. If you don't see the Edit menu, press Alt. Click the Edit menu, and then click Paste. Log off, and then log back on as the new user. If you have e mail messages in an e mail program, you must import your e mail messages and addresses to the new user profile before you delete the old profile.
If everything is working properly, you can delete the old profile. Windows 10 Windows 8. My computer is on a domain Open Microsoft Management Console by selecting Start , typing mmc into the search box, and then pressing Enter. Select the Users folder. When you are finished creating user accounts, select Close. Restart the PC. Select Add someone else to this PC. Restart the PC, then sign in with the new administrator account. Copy files to the new user profile After you create the profile and have signed in, you can copy the files from the previous profile: Open your User folder by selecting Start , typing file explorer into the Search box, and selecting File Explorer in the list of results.
My computer is on a domain Open Microsoft Management Console by clicking the Start button , typing mmc into the search box, and then pressing Enter. Click the Users folder. The point is to show you how to overcome a "you need permission to perform this action" situation if you ever find yourself in it. Bookmark the page as you might need it down the road. That's generally how the process goes. You don't want to be doing this too often though. Should you ever get a virus in Vista, the files thought to have been protected, which you gave your account full permissions for, could easily be destroyed - not good if that's a critical system file.
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