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Help! Is there a way to undelete a user account?

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Xolotl

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Jul 18, 2003
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I deleted an XP Pro account. The worst thing is that under this account I had several important documents.

Do you know of if there is any way to get those documents back?

Thanks.
 
Deleting a User Account is a two stage process. Did you decline the second offer to save the files rather than deleting them completely?

If so your choices are limited to any Backup you may have or the options offered by Data Recovery Software.



Users recycle bin
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If you have System Restore enabled you can use it to restore the account. Go back to the day the account was deleted (day before to be sure). I did this a few months back after my 12 y-o son decided to delete his 9 y-o brother's account for fun.
 
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