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Hello, i’ve recently gotten a second monitor. This however caused a lot of my desktop shortcuts and other apps to state that I needed access from my (user) and didn’t work when I tried to delete. After messing with some searched up console commands, as well as setting my user account and administrator account to have ownership(?) I see that my user profile has been replaced with Administrator on my login screen. It states that it’s disabled and I have tried many methods already. I have tried:
  • net user administrator /active:yes in console
  • net user (username) /active: yes and no
-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, which allowed me to login to administrator once, but stopped working, and now the sam file says it’s being used ?

any help is appreciated.
 
"now the sam[e] file says it’s being used" - filename?


Regarding:

"After messing with some searched up console commands...."

"-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, ....."

Questions:

Just what commands did you mess with and what registry edits did you attempt?

Registry edits should be attempted only as a last resort.

Is all important data backed up?

You may need to reinstall Windows.

= = = =

There are a number of ways to discover what process is using a file.

Google "what process is using a file"

Example link:

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows-10/

Be wary of any websites offering utilities or tools to fix the problem.

Try Resource Monitor and Process Explorer before anything else.

You may need to download Process Explorer (Microsoft, free).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
 
"now the sam[e] file says it’s being used" - filename?


Regarding:

"After messing with some searched up console commands...."

"-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, ....."

Questions:

Just what commands did you mess with and what registry edits did you attempt?

Registry edits should be attempted only as a last resort.

Is all important data backed up?

You may need to reinstall Windows.

= = = =

There are a number of ways to discover what process is using a file.

Google "what process is using a file"

Example link:

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows-10/

Be wary of any websites offering utilities or tools to fix the problem.

Try Resource Monitor and Process Explorer before anything else.

You may need to download Process Explorer (Microsoft, free).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
ah, the sam file is to change whether the administrator file is enabled or not through regedit
 
"now the sam[e] file says it’s being used" - filename?


Regarding:

"After messing with some searched up console commands...."

"-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, ....."

Questions:

Just what commands did you mess with and what registry edits did you attempt?

Registry edits should be attempted only as a last resort.

Is all important data backed up?

You may need to reinstall Windows.

= = = =

There are a number of ways to discover what process is using a file.

Google "what process is using a file"

Example link:

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows-10/

Be wary of any websites offering utilities or tools to fix the problem.

Try Resource Monitor and Process Explorer before anything else.

You may need to download Process Explorer (Microsoft, free).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
i still have all files on the computer, as well as a net user still shows that the user still exists.
 
"now the sam[e] file says it’s being used" - filename?


Regarding:

"After messing with some searched up console commands...."

"-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, ....."

Questions:

Just what commands did you mess with and what registry edits did you attempt?

Registry edits should be attempted only as a last resort.

Is all important data backed up?

You may need to reinstall Windows.

= = = =

There are a number of ways to discover what process is using a file.

Google "what process is using a file"

Example link:

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows-10/

Be wary of any websites offering utilities or tools to fix the problem.

Try Resource Monitor and Process Explorer before anything else.

You may need to download Process Explorer (Microsoft, free).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
the commands are included in the bullet points in attempt to fix the “requiring administrator user” problem while deleting desktop shortcuts
 
"now the sam[e] file says it’s being used" - filename?


Regarding:

"After messing with some searched up console commands...."

"-regedit, changing the Windows 11 to Windows 10, ....."

Questions:

Just what commands did you mess with and what registry edits did you attempt?

Registry edits should be attempted only as a last resort.

Is all important data backed up?

You may need to reinstall Windows.

= = = =

There are a number of ways to discover what process is using a file.

Google "what process is using a file"

Example link:

https://thegeekpage.com/how-to-find-out-which-process-is-locking-a-file-or-folder-in-windows-10/

Be wary of any websites offering utilities or tools to fix the problem.

Try Resource Monitor and Process Explorer before anything else.

You may need to download Process Explorer (Microsoft, free).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
fixed the sam file thing, was using the wrong drive. problem is now that theres an administrator account instead of my normal user account (all files still there)
 
fixed the sam file thing, was using the wrong drive. problem is now that theres an administrator account instead of my normal user account (all files still there)
Accounts have little or nothing to do with individual drives.

This would be a good time to back up all your personal data, and start over with this PC.
A full wipe and reinstall.

Messing with account permissions, especially an Admin account, and messing around in the Registry can easily bring the system to a complete non working state.

Adding that second monitor was not the cause of this.
 
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