Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All
Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only
subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one
called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what
would happen if I just deleted all the others?

"Hessie" <Hessie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8F1F4A7-9BEF-4526-B723-27AC782F002D@microsoft.com...
> Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All
> Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only
> subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one
> called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what
> would happen if I just deleted all the others?


The other folders exist because Windows XP is a multi-user operating system.
Deleting those folders wouldn't be a good idea.

Since you've already found out that your user profile is stored in the
HP-Administrator folder, let's move on to the others.

1. The Default User folder is used as a template in case you wish to create a
new user account.

2. The All Users folder is used to store files and settings that can be accessed
by each user account. The Shared Documents folder you see displayed in My
Computer actually resides in the All Users folder. Start menu items and Desktop
icons that are available to every account are stored in this folder.

3. The Administrator folder contains the profile of the built-in Administrator
account. Every Windows XP computer has this account. It's hidden, but can be
used in emergencies. It's only available in Safe Mode on a computer running XP
Home Edition. While this account can be disabled, it cannot be deleted.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

A general rule of thumb!

if you don't understand throughly what the various folder are for, leave
them alone.
you can cause big problems, by messing around.
also since it appears your knowledge is lacking, I suggest you do some
research immediately on making a COMPLETE OS backup, by using Acronis True
Image
and store it in a safe place.

"Hessie" wrote:

> Under "Documents and Settings" I have the following: Administrator, All
> Users, Default User and HP-Administrator. It appears to me that the only
> subfolder that contains my Outlook .pst file for my Address Book is the one
> called HP-Administrator. Why do I have all the other subfolders and what
> would happen if I just deleted all the others?