Transfer files from user A to user B

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  1. crabmann

    crabmann

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    I hope I am in the correct forum and I can state my problem accurately. When I transferred my files from my laptop to my desktop w/ 8.1using Easy Transfer I erred in assigning file location with the user name "Fred". I am the admin and have a user name XXXX. If I go to my user account it is empty. Everything that comes in is assigned to "Fred". In my Control Panel/Users there is no "Fred", just myself as admin. I was blocked access to many files but have now taken ownership of all of them. I would like to transfer all of "Fred's" files to myself and eliminate "Fred" and duplicates. The more files that goes into my machine the harder it is when I try to get rid of them. I'm thinking that someday it will cause a major problem because "Fred" is not a listed user. How can I straighten this out?
     
    crabmann, Nov 24, 2014
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    I might suggest first, that you stop using Windows Easy Transfer to move the files from one computer to the other.
    There are other options.
    Connecting the two computers together in a WorkGroup style network and simply move or copy the files you want from one computer to the other. Or.....
    Copy the files off, onto some form of external media. A USB thumb drive or a USB External Hard Drive, or even burn them to a rewritable DVD or CD depending on the size and then connect the external media to the other computer and copy or move them onto that computer where you want them.
     
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