Access other user's Recycle Bin
Hello Experts,
My Question :
Is there a way to access other user's Recycle bin when logged in as an Administrator?
We have this user that we had to whack her profile from AD and create a new one.
She logges on on to her PC and in Docs and Settings there is her old profile's foleder and the new profile's folder.
Then she remembered that on the day before we deleted her old profile she deleted very important folder . So now she can not log in to the old profile (different SID) and from the new one she can not access the other one's Recycle bin to restore the deleted folder.
I login as an admin and can access the old profile's folder bot not the Recycle bin inside.
So, again, is there a way to get into deleted account's recycle bin.
I hope you understand what I am asking. If not, please ask questions and I will be happy to clarify.
Thank you.
My Question :
Is there a way to access other user's Recycle bin when logged in as an Administrator?
We have this user that we had to whack her profile from AD and create a new one.
She logges on on to her PC and in Docs and Settings there is her old profile's foleder and the new profile's folder.
Then she remembered that on the day before we deleted her old profile she deleted very important folder . So now she can not log in to the old profile (different SID) and from the new one she can not access the other one's Recycle bin to restore the deleted folder.
I login as an admin and can access the old profile's folder bot not the Recycle bin inside.
So, again, is there a way to get into deleted account's recycle bin.
I hope you understand what I am asking. If not, please ask questions and I will be happy to clarify.
Thank you.
ASKER
I willl try these tomorrow.
About the second one - the problem is that I can NOT see the recycle bin of the deleted profile. I just assume it is there because properties of the folder show size 1.3 GB and individual folders inside are just about 2-300MB so , I assume the remainder to 1.3 must be the data that is in the Recycle bin and not showing.
But I will try to create a local user, and after loging in for the first time I will rename the newly created folder to something else and give the folder I need to access the same name as the one I need to access.
I will post what happened.
Thank you.
About the second one - the problem is that I can NOT see the recycle bin of the deleted profile. I just assume it is there because properties of the folder show size 1.3 GB and individual folders inside are just about 2-300MB so , I assume the remainder to 1.3 must be the data that is in the Recycle bin and not showing.
But I will try to create a local user, and after loging in for the first time I will rename the newly created folder to something else and give the folder I need to access the same name as the one I need to access.
I will post what happened.
Thank you.
that folder is hidden. Make sure you have the "show hidden files and folders checked"
Also, unheck the "hide protected files and folders box. It's right underneath the above setting in the same section.
Good luck. I'll be anxious to find out how it goes.
Also, unheck the "hide protected files and folders box. It's right underneath the above setting in the same section.
Good luck. I'll be anxious to find out how it goes.
ASKER
yes, hidden and system files are visible.
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RICuser, any status on this question? did you try my suggestion?
ASKER
User is on vacation.
Will post when back.
Thanks
Will post when back.
Thanks
ASKER
The issue could not be resolved. I am just aknowledging that what AdamJur stated is correct.
Thank you,
RICUser
Thank you,
RICUser
On that workstation, create a new local user. Login to it so that it creates a local profile.
Copy the profile that you can't access anymore into the new user's profile...making sure that "show all files, including hidden system files and folders is checked"
Log back in as that user....see if it will bring up the old profile under that name....
Idea two:
Copy the recycle bin to another profile and see if it shows up under that profile.
As I said before, I've never tried these ideas...but they just came to mind....
If neither of these work, let us know and we'll spend more time investigating.