Rogue user name and account

ne of the user names on my computer is not an alphabetic name but only a
right-bracket : i.e., "]". It is not listed in the various user accounts. I
do not know how it was created and would like to get rid of it. It inteferes
with many operations and usually gives an error such as "can not find
C:/user/?"; of course the system is looking for a user name such as "Bill",
"Public", or "default" and finds "]" instead.

Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.

Hello,

try the following: Right-click the Command prompt link and select "Run as
administrator".
Type
net user HereTheUserName /DELETE
and hit Enter, where HereTheUserName is the exact name of this weird user
account.

Hope this will work.
Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
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"billmbrown" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> ne of the user names on my computer is not an alphabetic name but only a
> right-bracket : i.e., "]". It is not listed in the various user accounts.
> I
> do not know how it was created and would like to get rid of it. It
> inteferes
> with many operations and usually gives an error such as "can not find
> C:/user/?"; of course the system is looking for a user name such as
> "Bill",
> "Public", or "default" and finds "]" instead.
>
> Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.

"P. Di Stolfo" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> try the following: Right-click the Command prompt link and select "Run as
> administrator".
> Type
> net user HereTheUserName /DELETE
> and hit Enter, where HereTheUserName is the exact name of this weird user
> account.
>
> Hope this will work.
> Greetings,
> P. Di Stolfo
> --
> ////////////////////////////
> http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
> ///////////////////////////
>
> "billmbrown" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:F5D3EA1E-6ABB-4A80-9EB1-...
> > ne of the user names on my computer is not an alphabetic name but only a
> > right-bracket : i.e., "]". It is not listed in the various user accounts.
> > I
> > do not know how it was created and would like to get rid of it. It
> > inteferes
> > with many operations and usually gives an error such as "can not find
> > C:/user/?"; of course the system is looking for a user name such as
> > "Bill",
> > "Public", or "default" and finds "]" instead.
> >
> > Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.
>


Thanks for the info but unfortunately it did not work! It returned the
systax of the net user command. Nothing seems to acknowledge the presence of
] as a user name. I guess I will have to save all my data and downloads and
reformat the hard drive and re-install the operating system. I don't have an
original Vista operating system disl so I will have to depend on a recovery
drive setup by Dell.

Thanks for you try to aid me.

Bill

When you look in Windows Explorer at C:\Users do you see a folder with that
" ] " name?
Is there any other folder under 'Users' there that has a different name than
the user accounts that you can see in Control Panel/User Accounts?

If it's not there, press WINKEY+R and type regedit.exe and press OK.

In the registry editor, navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

Expand the ProfileList key and click on each one of the sub-keys. Do you see
a profile named with the right bracket or any other user profile that
doesn't belong there?



--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"billmbrown" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> try the following: Right-click the Command prompt link and select "Run as
>> administrator".
>> Type
>> net user HereTheUserName /DELETE
>> and hit Enter, where HereTheUserName is the exact name of this weird user
>> account.
>>
>> Hope this will work.
>> Greetings,
>> P. Di Stolfo
>> --
>> ////////////////////////////
>> http://blog.lysorp.com - Small Windows blog in German language
>> ///////////////////////////
>>
>> "billmbrown" <> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag
>> news:F5D3EA1E-6ABB-4A80-9EB1-...
>> > ne of the user names on my computer is not an alphabetic name but only
>> > a
>> > right-bracket : i.e., "]". It is not listed in the various user
>> > accounts.
>> > I
>> > do not know how it was created and would like to get rid of it. It
>> > inteferes
>> > with many operations and usually gives an error such as "can not find
>> > C:/user/?"; of course the system is looking for a user name such as
>> > "Bill",
>> > "Public", or "default" and finds "]" instead.
>> >
>> > Can anyone help? It would be appreciated.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for the info but unfortunately it did not work! It returned the
> systax of the net user command. Nothing seems to acknowledge the presence
> of
> ] as a user name. I guess I will have to save all my data and downloads
> and
> reformat the hard drive and re-install the operating system. I don't have
> an
> original Vista operating system disl so I will have to depend on a
> recovery
> drive setup by Dell.
>
> Thanks for you try to aid me.